tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10574357084554597342018-02-15T21:49:56.446-08:00Faithful-in-Florida"I know that which the Lord hath commanded me, and I glory in it. I do not glory of myself, but I glory in that which the Lord hath commanded me; yea, and this is my glory, that perhaps I may be an instrument in the hands of God to bring some soul to repentance; and this is my joy." Alma 29:9Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-49682766608497823802017-12-14T23:02:00.002-08:002017-12-14T23:03:02.861-08:00The Friends for Life Mission<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hello!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well fam, my last email is finally here! I'm feeling about 10 different emotions right now, but the most prevalent one is gratitude. I will be forever grateful for the time I've had to serve as a full time missionary and representative of Jesus Christ in the Florida Ft. Lauderdale Mission. I'm grateful for my companions who have been patient with me and helped me to recognize the things that I need to change. I'm grateful for two wonderful mission presidents who have loved me and taught me. I'm grateful for my recent converts who have helped me to see how quickly you can come to love someone and being wonderful examples of giving things up to come unto the Savior. I'm grateful for the wards I've been blessed to serve in for their examples of service and for all they do to build the kingdom of God in their areas. I'm grateful for my family who have written me, prayed for me, and supported me. I'm grateful for the Savior, Jesus Christ, for willingly suffering pains He didn't deserve so that I do not have to suffer through them alone. I'm grateful for the Father's plan of continual progression and the Savior who is my trainer and motivator through all of the trials that come my way. I'm grateful for the beautiful and simple Gospel of Jesus Christ!</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My last week has been a wonderful one. A couple weeks ago we knocked into a single-mother family who was not going to be able to afford Christmas gifts. We had the privilege of working with the ward to provide the family with a tree and some gifts and we got to help the mom wrap the gifts, which was a party! I just feel so much love for their family. We actually got to go back and teach them a lesson and it was wonderful. The kids (9,8, and 7) gathered around and helped us turn pages and answer questions. The gospel really is for everyone!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We got to have a Family Home Evening with the Tippetts family, Brunel, and John&nbsp; (another recent convert in the ward). We had a great time playing charades, talking about the Plan of Salvation, and getting to know one another. Brunel requested that we sing "You Raise Me Up" as our closing hymn because that's his "Holy Ghost song." Brother Tippetts was really cool about it. I just love Brunel so much!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last night we got to go to the temple with Brother Tippetts, Brunel, John, and Terry. All I can say is that I love the temple and Terry and Brunel did too.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had my last zone conference this week as well! Elder Foster, from the Quorum of the Seventy, came and addressed us. He made the point that when we talk to people, they don't really want to know about us. They want to tell us about them, and then that will lead to curiosity about what we believe. He really emphasized that missionary work (and the gospel) is always about THEM, not YOU. And when you think about it, isn't that exactly what the Savior taught?? We had a white elephant gift exchange at lunch. Sister Murdock ended up with a pair of Miami Heat socks and I got hand soaps that the next few sisters who live in my house will really enjoy haha.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Alvin is doing well and came to the ward Christmas party&nbsp;<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1401717855" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>. He's still pretty pumped about his baptism on the 23rd!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also James, my recent convert from my first area, just moved to Ft. Laud. What are the odds??? So I got to see him this week. Tender mercies!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I went on an exchange with cute Sister Gonzalez&nbsp;<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1401717856" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Friday</span></span>&nbsp;in a Spanish area! Good thing I know about 3 sentences in Spanish haha. I prayed that we would meet people who spoke a little bit of English so I could help Sister Gonzalez, and when we were knocking we met like four part member families who fit that exactly! God is in the details, I tell you.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love the Savior, I love my mission, and I love all of you!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">See you soon!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sister Peterson</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Rp2SHENwtU/WjNsRIEbkFI/AAAAAAAAOBg/iM8aPfcUigMrzyR-v_WloQsDVEXhDlQkgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Rp2SHENwtU/WjNsRIEbkFI/AAAAAAAAOBg/iM8aPfcUigMrzyR-v_WloQsDVEXhDlQkgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1165.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JcC91hXLy30/WjNsSvzhshI/AAAAAAAAOBk/jrSr7qQVKEYkOQoeE8CacI_PYnb0ywg3ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JcC91hXLy30/WjNsSvzhshI/AAAAAAAAOBk/jrSr7qQVKEYkOQoeE8CacI_PYnb0ywg3ACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1169.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Taking Christmas to that cute family :)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tiEhHSjCVB8/WjNsP0d2sSI/AAAAAAAAOBc/lyKKZIu_QlsdgobUigKhqsS4LlUBFxIlgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1173%2B%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tiEhHSjCVB8/WjNsP0d2sSI/AAAAAAAAOBc/lyKKZIu_QlsdgobUigKhqsS4LlUBFxIlgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1173%2B%25281%2529.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: small;">18 months!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wauXWRRQMZk/WjNyHCW-2sI/AAAAAAAAOCI/YcFydkOUrG4W7hF3gMQxAUTfbMLhQ7efwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wauXWRRQMZk/WjNyHCW-2sI/AAAAAAAAOCI/YcFydkOUrG4W7hF3gMQxAUTfbMLhQ7efwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1232.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The cake we had at our ward Christmas Party (It says Happy Birthday Lord)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r-TnF0KhGoQ/WjNyHoDd5lI/AAAAAAAAOCM/aX08PqaVFIMgL555zmQ1P5bILMKIVXIwwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r-TnF0KhGoQ/WjNyHoDd5lI/AAAAAAAAOCM/aX08PqaVFIMgL555zmQ1P5bILMKIVXIwwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1236.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Reunited with Sister Monson and Elder Krieger at MLC! Love them.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--k2Et2f_P_g/WjNyIgg5IKI/AAAAAAAAOCQ/lTQGSoUV1uUiv-WczljVlBG-Tq99rB1CgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--k2Et2f_P_g/WjNyIgg5IKI/AAAAAAAAOCQ/lTQGSoUV1uUiv-WczljVlBG-Tq99rB1CgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1238.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kom5ldECdx0/WjNyKrT7NMI/AAAAAAAAOCU/ONXv_uzX92EYwPyVV3dFGROW2ZZQdtW0ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1240%2B%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #222222;"><br /></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-47478396942622483122017-12-04T17:23:00.003-08:002017-12-04T17:23:24.171-08:00Another Crazy One<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well fam, it's been another crazy week in the FFLM. Terry was baptized! It was a rollercoaster from start to finish. President Garns came to his baptism since he met Terry in a lesson once, so that was pretty cool! Terry was super happy. The gospel is true!</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We also got to meet with Brunel a couple times this week. We went over&nbsp;<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_84102967" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span>&nbsp;and he told us he wiped his phone so there would be room for the Gospel Library App because he wanted to listen to the Book of Mormon (remember Brunel can't read). How sweet is that? Oh I love him. He got the Priesthood yesterday, so we're hoping to go to the temple with him this week.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got to spend&nbsp;<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_84102968" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span>&nbsp;in Plantation with Sister Tueller. We had a blast! We did a lot of knocking, took gingersnaps to some families in their ward, went to Chick-fil-A, and met a lady with a double identity. Let me explain: *Ahem* We went to visit a former investigator named Debbie, but we met her sister outside and she told us Debbie wasn't home. We talked to her for a good 20 minutes, shared the #LightTheWorld video, and got a return appointment. As we finished up she said, "I can't hold it in! The Spirit's telling me not to lie. I am Debbie!" Sister Tueller and I just laughed so hard. I can't count the number of times people say we have the wrong house or number until they know who we are, then suddenly it's right. Missionary life is the best, folks. Happily being lied to since June 2016!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_84102969" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Saturday</span></span>&nbsp;we got to the church at&nbsp;<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_84102970" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">7:30</span></span>&nbsp;and helped to sort and distribute toys for about 200 children and families. Sister Murdock and I got to pick out some toys for a struggling family and it was so fun! I really loved thinking of these kids and what they would like most. I feel like the Christmas Devotional focused a lot on love and giving, and I can testify that that's where the true spirit of Christmas comes from.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had the opportunity to bear my testimony in sacrament meeting yesterday, and I just want to share a few thoughts with you. The gospel of Jesus Christ is simple. It's not easy, but it is plain and precious. I'm grateful that the Lord doesn't leave us alone to carry out His work, He helps us to follow Him. I am super imperfect and I can't imagine how stressed out I would be if I had to handle everything myself. I'm grateful for Jesus Christ's willingness to sacrifice Himself for all for all of us, but also for each one of us.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope you all have a great week! Go Light the World!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">See you next week...ah!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sister Peterson</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emhm7OFH9NE/WiX0NpTm7UI/AAAAAAAANvw/GR7WcEDwcWIEmAGvKSQyluJ1JSkWb2j6gCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emhm7OFH9NE/WiX0NpTm7UI/AAAAAAAANvw/GR7WcEDwcWIEmAGvKSQyluJ1JSkWb2j6gCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1165.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Exhanges</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IXNiQ2mOv8Q/WiX0NvjdcDI/AAAAAAAANv0/flSMgYZvtOkYTMtUryLj93-gPptxd0nFwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IXNiQ2mOv8Q/WiX0NvjdcDI/AAAAAAAANv0/flSMgYZvtOkYTMtUryLj93-gPptxd0nFwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1169.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Helping with the Toy Drop!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f9lfQ5QBK0E/WiX0VTWYo2I/AAAAAAAANv4/AzlGMb7G_kEWwfCrSTA1jDxAlhxg8kcDwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f9lfQ5QBK0E/WiX0VTWYo2I/AAAAAAAANv4/AzlGMb7G_kEWwfCrSTA1jDxAlhxg8kcDwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1173.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Terry's Baptism</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aOSuOoscSN0/WiX0l_V8d7I/AAAAAAAANwE/zoF0pZ_9aK8yLNm9BsVYTASXiA9k5Z8ewCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCN0946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aOSuOoscSN0/WiX0l_V8d7I/AAAAAAAANwE/zoF0pZ_9aK8yLNm9BsVYTASXiA9k5Z8ewCLcBGAs/s320/DSCN0946.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">What do you do when you find a giant chair? Make the elders take a picture and then recreate it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nkRaIXqkpso/WiX0l-5ketI/AAAAAAAANwA/JbGyoxfy9EgHP5b71_IaBa0Kbb7OjUH-QCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCN0949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nkRaIXqkpso/WiX0l-5ketI/AAAAAAAANwA/JbGyoxfy9EgHP5b71_IaBa0Kbb7OjUH-QCLcBGAs/s320/DSCN0949.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j_651M4Cqos/WiX0lyRsIzI/AAAAAAAANv8/97rPJf9P4mIUuRuLphHhaKQEMQOJUtyfACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j_651M4Cqos/WiX0lyRsIzI/AAAAAAAANv8/97rPJf9P4mIUuRuLphHhaKQEMQOJUtyfACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1153.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">District pday in downtown Ft. Laud.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ake62q1xSbg/WiX0nIG6R4I/AAAAAAAANwI/ToMc1tIAvdMqhNXuaDRV57FLcqGMC9G-ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ake62q1xSbg/WiX0nIG6R4I/AAAAAAAANwI/ToMc1tIAvdMqhNXuaDRV57FLcqGMC9G-ACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1155.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fN3pBo_3z5I/WiX0nS6wuiI/AAAAAAAANwM/koXTV56UqlkNmD4GOnf7X6CpZveaLiSIwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fN3pBo_3z5I/WiX0nS6wuiI/AAAAAAAANwM/koXTV56UqlkNmD4GOnf7X6CpZveaLiSIwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1158.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-68712032984823940282017-11-20T20:51:00.000-08:002017-11-26T23:50:10.141-08:00Think to Thank<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Hello!</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">This week was really fun! We had the opportunity to meek with Brunel a few times and he even got to come to a baptism in the Sunrise Branch! He was late coming home from work and almost missed it, but he came in in time to see the last two members of the family be baptized. He told us that he really enjoyed it and that if that's what God wants him to do, he's going to do it. His baptism is scheduled for this Saturday so we're super excited about that! Brunel is just a really sincere, spiritual man.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We met with Terry and decided that he needs a little more time to prepare before being baptized. We had a really good meeting with him and Bishop Brown so he's going to pray about a new baptismal date and let us know :)</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">The other night we decided to go visit a woman in the ward who has been struggling since she and her husband separated a few weeks ago. She is just the coolest! She is an artist and showed us lots of her work. She was so passionate about the pieces she had created and was working on. That really impressed me! Despite the difficulty she's facing right now, she was finding joy and using her gifts anyway. She's a convert, so our visit meant a lot to her. I also received a prompting out of the blue to give her my necklace, so I did. I don't know why Heavenly Father wanted her to have it, but I'm grateful the Holy Ghost prompted me to give it to her. It was a great chance to feel love for her. It meant more to me than she will know.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">I studied a little about miracles this week as I read the Savior's sermon to the Nephites. I looked up the definition of miracle and found that it is something like, "an event that defies known scientific facts." I love that! That really broadened my perspective of what a miracle is. Really, any time the Spirit prompts you it's a miracle. Science can't explain that! In fact, this week we went to visit an investigator and as we were writing a note to leave on his door (he wasn't home) I had an impression that we needed to leave RIGHT NOW. I don't know why I felt that, but I know God does. I'm grateful for the quiet miracle of the Holy Ghost speaking!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We knocked into a young man this week who was so happy that we visited. We prayed with him and he asked us to thank God for sending us to him. We're super excited to go back and teach him tonight!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Last night we were watching the Face to Face event and my favorite quote from that was, "Every day is a spiritual day." I've been thinking a lot about how I can make every day a spiritual day and I invite you all to do the same! The gospel is wonderful and true. I love being a missionary and seeing God's hand every single day! I'm so grateful for my family, the Book of Mormon, my companion, washi tape, colors, and Jesus Christ. I'm grateful for all of you!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">All the love,</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Sister Peterson</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QIS2kAPdXCg/WhuaL7zJFzI/AAAAAAAANlM/cpwgr6aF1toYknDiHu0RSPJuPf3lZwEnwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QIS2kAPdXCg/WhuaL7zJFzI/AAAAAAAANlM/cpwgr6aF1toYknDiHu0RSPJuPf3lZwEnwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1061.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Dulce de Leche filled churros (straight up delish)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rh3bhl_QLtE/WhuaL-ETTUI/AAAAAAAANlI/scxQpKRW5OcGw3pKe6toPbjOF_hpPHazACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rh3bhl_QLtE/WhuaL-ETTUI/AAAAAAAANlI/scxQpKRW5OcGw3pKe6toPbjOF_hpPHazACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1065.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">The Swap Shop!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3mnfO2KqE4/WhuaP99CnfI/AAAAAAAANlU/MEHYp3VP_xAsQ9KAknQNu9-188zYhnl7wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3mnfO2KqE4/WhuaP99CnfI/AAAAAAAANlU/MEHYp3VP_xAsQ9KAknQNu9-188zYhnl7wCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1074.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Our A/C broke this week and we found the unit covered in a sheet of ice. That's the only snow Florida will have this year.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nBLcXIJ-gYc/WhuaR8Non3I/AAAAAAAANlg/qXK-nhwYCQgzp3s5Di1rnY5kZag4UIKZgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nBLcXIJ-gYc/WhuaR8Non3I/AAAAAAAANlg/qXK-nhwYCQgzp3s5Di1rnY5kZag4UIKZgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_3515.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">comp pic</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ofpmeOUGFoc/WhuaMo3o67I/AAAAAAAANlQ/c8yEsSahpKkeL7CS4JaveahgRAnkPvFaQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ofpmeOUGFoc/WhuaMo3o67I/AAAAAAAANlQ/c8yEsSahpKkeL7CS4JaveahgRAnkPvFaQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1072.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qLXd7alOONc/WhuaQ_Xz_yI/AAAAAAAANlY/s51a94NeuZg3c-pMQ5MQdXy5hGdWKfZiQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qLXd7alOONc/WhuaQ_Xz_yI/AAAAAAAANlY/s51a94NeuZg3c-pMQ5MQdXy5hGdWKfZiQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1081.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIPwMyesOuw/WhuaRVlkOZI/AAAAAAAANlc/KUY7aV4v6qYuPXjKk85TX5puht-PG23zQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIPwMyesOuw/WhuaRVlkOZI/AAAAAAAANlc/KUY7aV4v6qYuPXjKk85TX5puht-PG23zQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1083.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-5351958704309115922017-11-13T20:41:00.000-08:002017-11-26T20:59:39.408-08:00Back to My Roots<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Hello family!</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">This week has been a good one. Absolutely crazy, but it was transfer week so what did you expect? I made it to my new area just fine on Wednesday. Our house is only about 15 minutes from the mission home, so we got to our area way faster than I ever have after transfers. I've never had shorter than an hour drive! This is the farthest south I've ever served and the mission culture is so different here! I assumed it would be pretty much the same, but things seem much more relaxed and informal here. For anyone who knows me, that is NOT my style. But I think it will be a fun transfer :)</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Ft. Laud has a few high income spots, but is pretty low income so it's been humbling to knock and meet people. I haven't served anywhere like this since my first area, so I've come full circle!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">My new companion is Sister Murdock. She is from Kaysville, Utah and we found out that we attended the same event in high school! She came to the Psych bowl I competed in my senior year. She has 3 sisters and 1 brother and is super chill. We have pretty different styles of doing missionary work, but I'm excited to find out what the Lord has prepared for me to learn this transfer as we work together.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We live in a nice apartment complex on the edge of our border and share the apartment with the Sunrise branch sisters, Sister Smith and Sister Muniz!! I can't even tell you how excited I am to live with her again. I love Sister Muniz! And we've already discovered that Sister Smith and I have a ton of the same interests. Across the parking lot live the elders who work in the spanish and creole wards. Apparently they're super into pranking us and each other, so I've already seen a super creepy doll and mask appear haha.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">This is turning into a novel, so let me just tell you about the awesome people we're working with:</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Terry-Terry has been investigating for a transfer already and has pretty much been taught everything. He's a super cool guy and is trying to overcome smoking right now. He's preparing to be baptized on the 25th of this month and had a great meeting with Bishop Brown that super solidified him.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Brunel- Brunel grew up in Haiti and the Bahamas. The elders found him knocking, but we've been teaching him since he speaks english. This week we got to teach him about the Plan of Salvation and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Let me tell you something, Brunel understands repentance. He told us that he's been on his own since he was about 8 and never went to school. He worked for a fishing company and whenever someone was caught stealing fish, they were beaten, then the police were called. Brunel said that beating the thieves was something people look forward to, but after he was beaten and put in a coma for 2 weeks he realized he didn't want to be like that anymore. He said he prayed for God to change his heart and help him to be better. The Spirit was really strong and he shared that with us and as we all prayed together about him being baptized on the 25th of November.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Church was a pretty crazy experience. We have about 20 active members so they're all quite overwhelmed. They asked me to speak, so I prepared a brief message on faith. After me, a member of the High Council spoke and it was literally the most apostate thing ever! He was yelling over the pulpit, acting things out, and teaching tons of false doctrine. Fortunately(?), Brunel and Terry really liked it because it was similar to what they grew up with. We had a man randomly show up who met the elders and read the Book of Mormon, and it totally scared him off, so that was really sad. Adventure is all around us, folks.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Yesterday we felt prompted to go visit a couple who were recent converts but have been less active. As we knocked on the door, a face came to the window. The woman who looked at us immediately put her face in her hands and started to cry. She let us in and we just hugged for a while. She was so happy that we came by and told us how much she misses church. She's facing a lot of trials right now but it meant a lot to her that we came to visit. I'm so grateful the Lord guided us in our planning to go see her!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">I love my new area and I would love to hear from you all :)</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Sister Andrea Peterson</span><br /><div><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=3840+W+Broward+Blvd.+%23104Ft.+Lauderdale,+FL+33312&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g" style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">3840 W Broward Blvd. #104</span></a></div><div><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=3840+W+Broward+Blvd.+%23104Ft.+Lauderdale,+FL+33312&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g" style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312</span></a></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Love,</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Sister Peterson</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O1_pvRsw_YY/WhuYQa2udEI/AAAAAAAANkk/8OnVneZSGuo3YacBU_muSkegM0mHvcwwgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9GZMqVTon5Y/WhuYQMecueI/AAAAAAAANkc/VPZlP0ChBEMALw52qI9hP7tVw9TVA-RTgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9GZMqVTon5Y/WhuYQMecueI/AAAAAAAANkc/VPZlP0ChBEMALw52qI9hP7tVw9TVA-RTgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1046.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">The companion.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X_s1hA4MfwY/WhuYUvj7AyI/AAAAAAAANko/pPkPH0VSC-MhGp0buggLuj99MJp3t0YGQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X_s1hA4MfwY/WhuYUvj7AyI/AAAAAAAANko/pPkPH0VSC-MhGp0buggLuj99MJp3t0YGQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1048.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">My new area!&nbsp;<span style="color: #222222; text-align: start;">and random police officers riding horses at a block party</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OCT2UV7MBPw/WhuYVPeDKSI/AAAAAAAANkw/UEJNdWJ5Gwwr3u5pido0Q8WI0CUt_Kw-wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; 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, &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">The Elders (and the mask).</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mRy9OCDttw0/WhuYkRrB8OI/AAAAAAAANk8/4Ll1Gmsf3ykR5jzSW_S5mG0EwPcTS4QvACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mRy9OCDttw0/WhuYkRrB8OI/AAAAAAAANk8/4Ll1Gmsf3ykR5jzSW_S5mG0EwPcTS4QvACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1042.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">The District.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-38179151199071861012017-11-07T17:12:00.003-08:002017-11-07T18:24:49.201-08:00Leaving RPB<span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Well, transfers are tomorrow&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">and last night we got the news that I'm leaving my beloved Royal Palm Beach and Sister Monson and heading down to Ft. Lauderdale English with Sister Murdock. I'm sad to leave but excited for a new adventure! Sister Murdock is super cute and this is the farthest south that I've ever served! Sister Monson and I always joke that I'm the queen of Palm Beach county because I've served here 10 transfers of my mission, but now I'm leaving!</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">This week was crazy and good. Freddy and Darlyne were not able to get married since Darlyne's divorce hasn't gone through, so we're focusing on helping them change what they can control. I love them so much and I'm really sad I didn't get to see them married or baptized, but I'll come back and visit. I'm so grateful the Lord has let me work with them and see all the changes they've made. LOVE THEM!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We had to be in early on Halloween night, so on pday we bought pumpkins and&nbsp;<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1259144110" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Tuesday</span></span>&nbsp;we carved them. We decided to make all of them Florida themed, so we've got Florida, Mickey, a pineapple, and some sketchy palm trees (the palm trees one is mine but don't judge me too much). We also watched Meet the Mormons and ate candy that a cute member put in bags for us since we couldn't trick-or-treat. I love this area so much! Basically being a missionary is the best and that's all I can say about it.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Jessica and Erica Henry came to church and loved it! The family is still progressing and learning. They're super busy, so we've been having a hard time meeting with them, but I'm hoping and praying for the best!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">This week we had a member call us into a gated community so we could visit some people and knock in there. We were heading out, but felt prompted to stay and knock on a particular street for like 10 minutes instead of visiting the person we had planned. The first person we talked to knows a member of the Wellington Ward since he coached his son in soccer! He remembered Brother Martinez telling him several times where he goes to church and after we taught him a little about the restored gospel he got pumped! We're hoping to go back and teach his family this week. Member missionary work works, fam.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">I went on an exchange with Sister Gates this week. This is her first transfer in the mission and she's adorable! I love getting to spend time with so many different sisters.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">SO our lesson in relief society was about prayer. One thing that really stuck out to me was a story that was shared about the power of praying for others. A man, a member of the church, was suddenly overcome with an illness one night and rushed to the ER. He was unconscious for several days and when he awoke offered a prayer of gratitude. He realized that he had not been able to pray for himself in that difficult time, but was blessed by the prayers of others. We were challenged to ask someone what we can pray for for them this week. I invite you to do the same!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">I love the gospel and I love you all! Have a good week!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Sister Peterson</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qoFlMj5M1K8/WgJcCGXCmAI/AAAAAAAANdA/QEDB-Ww3h2ERran0tAFjrb0jsbxPBC9YQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qoFlMj5M1K8/WgJcCGXCmAI/AAAAAAAANdA/QEDB-Ww3h2ERran0tAFjrb0jsbxPBC9YQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0984.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0ncbT7kN3bQ/WgJcB3OFMfI/AAAAAAAANc8/BNQHrsR-9q0-vHI-kgKlP3TK4PRuuq5CQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0ncbT7kN3bQ/WgJcB3OFMfI/AAAAAAAANc8/BNQHrsR-9q0-vHI-kgKlP3TK4PRuuq5CQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0989.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pumpkins!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RhoOSnqYvag/WgJb_VCmdII/AAAAAAAANc4/092CoVy3mBwbfRU3gUtAhjb6TrOzKaY3ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RhoOSnqYvag/WgJb_VCmdII/AAAAAAAANc4/092CoVy3mBwbfRU3gUtAhjb6TrOzKaY3ACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0997.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQvaaN-R5s8/WgJcD81dZhI/AAAAAAAANdE/S46TxQ4DHQAr5isY7J3f-ZuKKsFs8Q9SACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQvaaN-R5s8/WgJcD81dZhI/AAAAAAAANdE/S46TxQ4DHQAr5isY7J3f-ZuKKsFs8Q9SACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_KQEn5k5wOk/WgJcLEJgEpI/AAAAAAAANdM/uZjUmeLUJJ4vWZuWa_G5xJveaMFPzKauQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_KQEn5k5wOk/WgJcLEJgEpI/AAAAAAAANdM/uZjUmeLUJJ4vWZuWa_G5xJveaMFPzKauQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V-vI_eB7Uig/WgJp9e_gM0I/AAAAAAAANdc/MJGBEKhajVQBBmhDDC1uwZ8UxARI83ghgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V-vI_eB7Uig/WgJp9e_gM0I/AAAAAAAANdc/MJGBEKhajVQBBmhDDC1uwZ8UxARI83ghgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3pHapkq99X8/WgJp-B5pWmI/AAAAAAAANdk/-JTa2_MNxUQaD_W10TCK4G4wzIWepUUAACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3pHapkq99X8/WgJp-B5pWmI/AAAAAAAANdk/-JTa2_MNxUQaD_W10TCK4G4wzIWepUUAACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1024.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We drove on this crazy road called Little Gator Lane that was basically a series of hills and dips. The dips were filled with muddy water so we had no idea how deep they were. We definitely floated a little at some points.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MeEhG0qlzPk/WgJp9SAYuzI/AAAAAAAANdg/rDWB5vc1P9gHL6KXhweEyETLYpzhWVXGQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MeEhG0qlzPk/WgJp9SAYuzI/AAAAAAAANdg/rDWB5vc1P9gHL6KXhweEyETLYpzhWVXGQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pRLi98sTlbM/WgJqH__CIoI/AAAAAAAANds/gwWEqaNuywoc9gO5BrEUO0xg_rL5hwNFwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pRLi98sTlbM/WgJqH__CIoI/AAAAAAAANds/gwWEqaNuywoc9gO5BrEUO0xg_rL5hwNFwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F7Cg5dNDYsU/WgJqHwXs9HI/AAAAAAAANdo/IgjP4rr7VWQ4ZDfNlYsyceHn_jyhBxsCgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-F7Cg5dNDYsU/WgJqHwXs9HI/AAAAAAAANdo/IgjP4rr7VWQ4ZDfNlYsyceHn_jyhBxsCgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1032.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exchange with Sister Gates!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-etuCuUL-ywE/WgJqJZyqDBI/AAAAAAAANdw/D3JxvVuPshsQ6aPMYelQVIdE-N_iLW9bACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-etuCuUL-ywE/WgJqJZyqDBI/AAAAAAAANdw/D3JxvVuPshsQ6aPMYelQVIdE-N_iLW9bACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_1036.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-42888674541849468892017-10-30T17:48:00.004-07:002017-10-30T17:48:26.382-07:00Fall is Here...<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey fam!&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let me tell you something, Florida is great. But this week we hit a cold snap and today it's supposed to be in the 50s. I'm such a baby now that when the temperature dips below 70 I pretty much shiver to death. I'm not sure how I'm going to do coming back to a Utah winter...I love Florida and all of the people here so much!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last week we got a Mormon Helping Hands request to help an older woman clean up her property. We went with the ward on Saturday, then went back with the Wellington sisters on Wednesday and cleared more branches and brush. Mary (the woman we were helping) has a farm with all rescued animals, so we were surrounded by an odd assortment of pigs, goats, bulls (yup), and 3 legged dogs. It made me more than a little nervous to carry a pile of branches part the bulls for fear that I would accidentally clip one with a branch and incur its wrath. Luckily it was all fine and a really cool experience! It meant so much to Mary that we called her and asked to come help. She asked us if we would come back, "not to work, but to teach [her] more about this church stuff." We can do that!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week we spent some time street contacting and inviting people to our ward Halloween party. We invited one guy at the park and were surprised when he actually came! His name is Zeke and he's a 25 year old art student. We were showing him around the chapel when he suddenly started telling us that he met with missionaries in Ft. Lauderdale 5 years ago and attended church several times. I know the Lord is aware of this young man and led us to be in the park at the time he was there to invite him to come back and learn more. It's funny how God is preparing people you'd never expect!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Saturday we had a tropical storm. Members and the people we knocked into were telling us to go home and expressing complete shock that we would be out in the weather. We just told them, "The Lord's work never stops!" When it rains like that we just get excited because it should mean more people will be at home. I love being a missionary and sharing the gospel.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also got to see the Mogni family and Sister Christiansen at the ward party. Sister Christiansen (the mom of my recent convert, Julian) and her family just moved into the ward! So I get to visit them again. #holla<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've been studying about Samuel the Lamanite this week. Samuel the Lamanite is one of my favorite people in the Book of Mormon. We don't know much about him. He sort of comes out of the blue, preaches, and leaves again, but I'm grateful for his powerful example. I love when he is rejected by the people, begins to leave, and is told to turn back. We are told that the people wouldn't let him in the city, so he got upon the wall. Literally nothing was going to stop him from delivering his message. He did something crazy, radical, and frankly dangerous to share the word of the Lord and warn his brothers and sisters. If Samuel can do that, then why should we be scared to&nbsp;tell someone about what we believe? Or knock in a gated community? Or share the Book of Mormon with a preacher? Samuel teaches us that when we are on the errand of the Lord there is nothing to fear.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope I'm not too frozen to email again next week. I love you all so much!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sister Peterson<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">Zone Conference!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XHZMJNWQFOE/WffIOEKGlzI/AAAAAAAANbI/0IWpI5aQD4Q1FOE0KxQD16Ym45BjF7UewCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XHZMJNWQFOE/WffIOEKGlzI/AAAAAAAANbI/0IWpI5aQD4Q1FOE0KxQD16Ym45BjF7UewCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0949.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wwCDqC1kV8Q/WffIOInw7XI/AAAAAAAANbE/VVAKPN0J-40nQeXRui5984U5NQdxeuSTQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wwCDqC1kV8Q/WffIOInw7XI/AAAAAAAANbE/VVAKPN0J-40nQeXRui5984U5NQdxeuSTQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0954.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Kf-nS_dNnk/WffIOKJl51I/AAAAAAAANbM/NeAPs9VPXLcGRBTtBgZXS7WF2xLsY6OCgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Kf-nS_dNnk/WffIOKJl51I/AAAAAAAANbM/NeAPs9VPXLcGRBTtBgZXS7WF2xLsY6OCgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0959.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-44594889719639387982017-10-23T17:40:00.000-07:002017-10-30T17:41:33.746-07:00Let the Lower Lights be Burning<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week Sister Monson and I decided to break out of our normal ways of finding people to teach. We decided to spend time in parks talking to people. One day we took chalk and drew the Plan of Salvation, then invited people to come see and told them a little about God's plan for us. We also advertised for our ward party. It was a little uncomfortable at first, but it was so fun! I loved talking to people in a different way and creating opportunities for Heavenly Father to lead people to us.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We found another family this week! The Henry family, from Jamaica. Well, Terrence and Erica are from Jamaica, but their daughter Jessica was born here. They met missionaries several months ago and remember feeling so loved when the sisters were there, so they let us come back! Terrence and Jessica are especially receptive and really seeking to know if what we say is true. Erica is nice, but she seems pretty content in her own church. We're excited to keep teaching them and helping them prepare for baptism!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Freddy and Darlyne are on track for baptism. This week we found out that to get married in the state of Florida, you have to have four hours of marriage counseling. Well, there's two problems with that. 1) They don't have a way to get anywhere, and 2) they don't have any money. Luckily there's a member in Davie who used to be in the mission presidency who was willing to help us out. He's certified to do the marriage counseling, and he said that as long as we've been focusing on families than our visits count as 3 hours of the counseling. He was kind enough to drive all the way up to Royal Palm to visit them in their home and teach them about "The Family, A Proclamation to the World" for the last hour. Freddy and Darlyne already knew all of the things he was trying to teach them and I was just so proud. I love them! Please pray that Darlyne's divorce will go through quickly so they can be baptized on November 11th!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Friday we did an exchange with the sisters in Port St. Lucie so I got to spend the day with Sister Wingert! We had a super fun time visiting Freddy and Darlyne, then going out to Loxahatchee. Loxahatchee is straight Florida wilderness. We were knocking and ended up meeting a man who gave us Gatorade then traded us a little comic book made by his church for a pass-along card. The things people give you as a missionary!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our phone broke and when we got a new one we were told that they don't make slide phones anymore, so we were downgraded to a flip phone. Texting has been interesting. This week a member told us he could come to a lesson with us and we tried to respond, "Awesome! We will be teaching about missionary work tonight." But accidentally typed, "Hydrone! We will be teaching about missiocry work tonigu." So it's been a wild few weeks haha.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just wanted to share a quick thought with you all :) This week as we were driving "Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy" came on and I remembered a District Training I had way back in my second transfer. That song was written about a certain bay where boats came in to dock. There were many rocks and it was treacherous. Many ships had sunken and crews drowned in this bay. The reason was because the lower lights often went out. Lighthouses have the main light, and then one or two lower lights. In order to sail safely into harbor, the sailor must line up the main light and the lower lights, then he is safely on course. When the lights go out, he is left to guess and this often resulted in sunken ships. Elder Heath likened this unto us as missionaries. We being the lower lights, and the main light being the Savior. Our job is to lead people safely home by aligning ourselves with the Savior and continually shining. This is true of missionaries, but I also think it's true of every member of the church. We have the truth. We have the light. We have to make sure we are in line with Christ and always shining to help everyone we meet come unto Him. Remember, "some poor fainting, struggling seaman, you may rescue, you may save."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love you all!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sister Peterson</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-81478877632803761752017-10-09T21:12:00.002-07:002017-10-09T21:12:20.414-07:00Back to Normal...ish<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hi fam!&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It looks like we're finally done with the crazy proselyting-week days, service weekends thing. So this week we got to spend the whole week working in our area! We've kind of been all over the place and crazy all the time, but that's pretty much the norm for us. Being a missionary is great haha.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We met with Freddy and Darlyne a couple times. Freddy's been out of work and the family is really struggling, so a member of our ward took Freddy to work for him for the day doing mold remediation (that's a big business here in humid-land). Ten minutes into the first job Freddy was carrying a huge vase, tripped, and to protect the vase let it land in his hands. He busted his fingers open really badly and is now out of commission for the next little while. Satan is literally working every angle with them! But they still came to church and we've got a temple tour set up with them for Saturday! I also realized that November 11 is 3 days after transfers and I probably won't stay in Royal Palm for 4 transfers, so pray for a miracle that they can get baptized earlier!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We're having the unique experience of teaching an excommunicated man who wants to be rebaptized. He chose to be excommunicated when he was younger because he wasn't living the commandments and didn't want to misrepresent the church. He's expressed a desire to come back to us, the bishop, and his home teachers, so now we're finally getting the ball rolling! It feels kind of weird to teach the lessons to somebody who already knows this stuff, but if you think about it everyone we teach once knew this stuff.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had MLC (mission leadership council) on Friday, so we got to go to the mission home and see all our other leadership homies. The training was mostly about being Christlike leaders. I really liked a story that President Garns shared about his brother in law. He got a call from President Hinkley when he was called to the Seventy. He had never served in prominent leadership callings, so he was really nervous. He expressed his concerns to President Hinkley and the prophet asked him one question,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Can you travel around and uplift and inspire the saints?"&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Yes, I can do that."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Then you're qualified."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love that exchange! As leaders, our job really is just to uplift and inspire those in our stewardship. Sister Monson and I have been talking about how we can better do that and we have some great plans up our sleeves. I can't wait to tell you all about them as we put them into action!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This morning I read in Alma about the Stripling Warriors and Captain Moroni preparing to go to war. Although I love the story of the Stripling Warriors, what really caught my attention was the epistles between Moroni and Ammoron. Moroni writes his letter in anger, but he expresses that his army will not attack the Lamanites if they will retreat. The Nephites are only fighting to protect themselves. Ammoron, on the other hand, writes that they are trying to conquer or destroy the Lamanites because their fathers robbed them of the right to rule. When you look at those reasons, the Lamanites seem so petty! The Nephites understand that what really matters is God and family. Those are the things that last. I love that!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yesterday we were running around like crazy. It came to the point that we had to decide to either eat dinner or get a full hour of knocking. We decided to knock and ended up meeting a family that we got to teach! From the moment they opened the door, the husband was really interested and the wife was not. They invited us in, though, and we felt strongly that we needed to teach them about the Restoration. The Spirit was incredibly strong the whole time and the whole family was listening so intently! Sadly, they would not accept a solid return appointment, but I know they felt the Spirit and whether they call us or not, they will not forget what they felt or the ideas we shared.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have a wonderful week!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sister Peterson</span><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UkAFDwo0kho/WdxIeLlGsZI/AAAAAAAANVg/1x0NWT_B_JMIKHUeYX_3fyeO25VZBkNQwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UkAFDwo0kho/WdxIeLlGsZI/AAAAAAAANVg/1x0NWT_B_JMIKHUeYX_3fyeO25VZBkNQwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0884.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A couple pics from MLC</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ORQZVPnHNY/WdxIeBUm33I/AAAAAAAANVc/_QGtY7CKgME1NQfUL37ZURdSfyTkRSswACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ORQZVPnHNY/WdxIeBUm33I/AAAAAAAANVc/_QGtY7CKgME1NQfUL37ZURdSfyTkRSswACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0886.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-80256305975613989262017-10-02T21:09:00.000-07:002017-10-09T21:09:29.512-07:00The Hurricane Madness Continues<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Transfer week is crazy. This transfer week was coupled with another trip down to the keys, so literally everything was insane. Sister Monson and I are working hard here in Royal Palm and it's been fun. This week we were able to meet with Freddy and Darlyne a couple times and teach them about the temple. It reminded me of when we taught them about the Plan of Salvation and mentioned that they could be sealed together forever. Freddy turned to Darlyne and said, "You hear that, babe? We can be together forever." Darlyne gave him the sassiest look, but we know she's happy about it. Those two are still trying to get Darlyne divorced. It's made things a little more difficult with Freddy losing his job, because they need money for her to get divorced. Satan is throwing all sorts of things at them right now. Keep them in your prayers! We met with Freddy on Friday night and talked about the Priesthood and helped him catch the vision of being the priesthood holder in his home. He said the cutest prayer, just thanking God for "his sisters," the members, the gospel, and all he was learning. He ended his prayer by saying "We'll talk again soon." I loved that! First of all, my heart was so full of love and the Spirit. The gospel is amazing! Second of all, the thought that we'll talk to Heavenly Father again soon should always be our attitude. I'm learning so much from teaching.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Elder Thompson, our area Seventy, asked us to miss General Conference and go down to the Keys again. I was sad to miss conference, but happy to serve. President Garns is giving us four hours this week to catch up, then we have to wait until pday to watch the rest. We had a great weekend doing what the Lord would have been doing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We got up at 3 AM on Saturday and drove over to a member's house so we could carpool down to Marathon. Little did we know, we were going to be riding in their 8 passenger van with every seat filled. Sister Monson and I squished in next to a brother in the ward and we were off. We finally arrived in Marathon at about 8 AM and we started our day! We spent a little time getting camp set up. The owners of the museum at the campsite were nice enough to open it again so the sister missionaries could stay there. Yay for AC!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We did a lot of outside work this weekend. It's amazing how many people's homes are still covered in trees, branches, seaweed, and other debris! I'm so grateful to be able to help where I can. On Sunday they sent our group down to Big Pine Key and we were able to clean up a few homes there. That's the area that the eye passed over when the hurricane first hit land here, and it was BAD. Trailers were flattened, homes were flattened, and there were downed trees everywhere! We helped one man shovel a thick layer of muck out of his garage and bring all his furniture out to be thrown away. I'm grateful we ended up there because there's no way he could have done it by himself. He was saying that he'd only lived in the Keys about two years and he definitely wasn't rebuilding there. We also helped a woman who had a collapsed fence, tons of seaweed, a refrigerator, and a hot tub in her back yard. The funny thing was, the hot tub wasn't even hers! That and a desk had blown in from someone else's house! Hurricanes are cray.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have begun reading the war chapters in Alma. I especially love reading about Captain Moroni and contrasting him to Amalakiah. Captain Moroni is appointed to be the chief captain and he leads in righteousness. Amalakiah achieves leadership by trickery and crime, then uses hate to stir the people up to anger against the Nephites. I feel like Satan often uses the same tricks as Amalakiah to confuse us or make us lose sight of who we are. It's our job to follow the example of Moroni and remember who we are and what we're fighting for.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm thoroughly exhausted, but excited for this upcoming week. Miracles loading!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sister Peterson</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">P.S. I'd love to hear from you!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">488 Goldenwood Way</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wellington, FL 33414</span><br /><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9BeEkC5MnUY/WdxHaI0fwVI/AAAAAAAANVA/h0Dkoq-q_SAtp0SwbC0p3leORgn6NpEcwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9BeEkC5MnUY/WdxHaI0fwVI/AAAAAAAANVA/h0Dkoq-q_SAtp0SwbC0p3leORgn6NpEcwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0850.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The new District!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ekCRDvCUINg/WdxHaJP4NgI/AAAAAAAANVE/izYuODAmq44-jp2lJgDZxFBouHMSF-jlgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ekCRDvCUINg/WdxHaJP4NgI/AAAAAAAANVE/izYuODAmq44-jp2lJgDZxFBouHMSF-jlgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0851.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Us with the Garns</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lpLuaYBP-wQ/WdxHaDa1FsI/AAAAAAAANVI/Joe08MazeJguI7SGjIbFLK3OyQ2vhDWbwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lpLuaYBP-wQ/WdxHaDa1FsI/AAAAAAAANVI/Joe08MazeJguI7SGjIbFLK3OyQ2vhDWbwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0862.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keys life-this is where the water came up to!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M9w5GKOIGIg/WdxHa4VENYI/AAAAAAAANVM/KfrCWWA3vGss8MfGQxsQQ6ZbV0G0r418QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M9w5GKOIGIg/WdxHa4VENYI/AAAAAAAANVM/KfrCWWA3vGss8MfGQxsQQ6ZbV0G0r418QCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0863.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t9vFN8RJg-8/WdxHyC5gtCI/AAAAAAAANVQ/70PawID11PwpUTCjWmaFbaXaQd1DHTPbgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t9vFN8RJg-8/WdxHyC5gtCI/AAAAAAAANVQ/70PawID11PwpUTCjWmaFbaXaQd1DHTPbgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0876.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As close to the ocean as we could get</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7_1zTSgOgR4/WdxHySadoPI/AAAAAAAANVU/9oJIm5sV6m4fv-84Sop6s7PqtJS4WNuxQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7_1zTSgOgR4/WdxHySadoPI/AAAAAAAANVU/9oJIm5sV6m4fv-84Sop6s7PqtJS4WNuxQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0878.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-4200289666836297552017-09-26T21:01:00.000-07:002017-10-09T21:23:21.210-07:00Workin' in Marathon<span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Well, it's been another crazy week in the FFLM. I am continually blown away by how much God loves us as His children and all the opportunities He gives us to grow. I'm excited for the new transfer and how I'll grow in the next 6 weeks. Sister Monson and I are staying together in Royal Palm. She is the only companion I've spent more than one transfer with except when I was being trained and training. We found out that Sister Johnson, my old companion, will be coming to Wellington so we'll live together! I'm so excited! I literally love her so much. God is so good!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We found a really cool investigator this week named Fitore (Fih-tor-ee). People in Royal Palm have interesting names, man. She is so cool! She has a one year old daughter named Athena who keeps trying to climb on my lap and it's taking all my will power to resist haha. We actually met Fitore when we were trying to visit a former investigator. We found out that they'd moved, but she let us right in and we were able to teach her. She was baptized Christian about 4 years ago when she was really struggling after her divorce. She feels like she's fallen away and we were literally an answer to her prayers. She loves what we share with her. We told her about the Book of Mormon and she was like, "That's so cool!" which is a pretty good reaction.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Freddy and Darlyne picked a new date for baptism and are now on track for November 11. They are so ready to be baptized, but with all the work that needs to be done so Darlyne can be divorced and she and Freddy can get married, they need some time. Freddy lost his job and Darlyne is starting at McDonald's this week. They could really use your prayers! I love this family!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We met with Amy again and sadly she is not ready to commit. She told us she might come to church sometime, though. It's always sad to see someone reject the Gospel because I know how it can change their life, but God has a plan for everyone. Hopefully she'll be ready one day!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We had zone conference this week and talked about being 100% responsible. I'm working to figure out how I can take full responsibility of my stewardship here!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We've had lots of opportunities to serve since the hurricane. During the week we proselyte normally and offer to help when we can. The past couple weekends have been completely devoted to hurricane clean up. All the missionaries on the east coast of our mission were sent down to the Keys to serve this weekend. Sister Monson and I drove down on Friday and left Sunday night. We were stationed in Marathon and I was shocked by the devastation. Some streets we went to literally looked like a third world country! It was so humbling to see. We had a very hardworking crew and helped to remove furniture, drywall, trees, and debris. The smell of the rotting homes was haunting. I can't imagine coming home to a completely destroyed house! It really makes you reconsider what is truly important.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">As I was praying about the opportunity to serve, I thanked Heavenly Father for allowing us to fully devote those few days to helping people clean up and rebuild their lives. The Spirit taught me that that is my job as a missionary every single day. With the hurricane, we're helping people repair their physical lives. As missionaries, we're helping people to clean and rebuild their spiritual lives. Hurricane clean up is important, but these homes can be destroyed again. The seaweed and trees can be washed back up. But with the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our spirits receive full healing and cannot be destroyed by the circumstances around us. I'm so grateful for the Gospel!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We camped out for a few nights. Luckily, there was a museum at the campsite that they opened for the missionaries. We got to sleep in air conditioning and have flushing toilets. What a blessing! The stake provided portable showers. There were two showers inside this tarp block, but the divider between the two was only waist high...sadly the lines were very long to shower so there always needed to be two people going at the same time. Let's just say that Sister Monson and I have bonded in a way that I haven't with any of my other companions haha.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">I just want all of you to know that I am incredibly grateful to be a missionary. I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ with all my heart. I'm grateful for the opportunity to hear from living prophets and apostles. Take advantage of this weekend to receive what the Lord needs to teach you. I know that I learned a ton from Women's Conference! I learned that I love myself and I hate myself, but luckily the Atonement is infinite!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Love,</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Sister Peterson</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Clean up craziness in Marathon. Side note-the Keys are really beautiful! And it looked like fall there.</span>&nbsp;</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7WhYUrQNZs/WdxFpcUToVI/AAAAAAAANUs/ayHhw4ZsWRsqs6J26ad6T72X05auOOm1wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H7WhYUrQNZs/WdxFpcUToVI/AAAAAAAANUs/ayHhw4ZsWRsqs6J26ad6T72X05auOOm1wCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0831.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tfFo3S5IGvQ/WdxFpwT1nGI/AAAAAAAANU0/VGTD7oELszsv7JxRdkLle6S0k3stUPSIQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tfFo3S5IGvQ/WdxFpwT1nGI/AAAAAAAANU0/VGTD7oELszsv7JxRdkLle6S0k3stUPSIQCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0838.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hvnyixT7nhU/WdxFp5Mmc3I/AAAAAAAANUw/8Sxnd4YCMxAL9JBNghUFjYfNn0E4EncnACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hvnyixT7nhU/WdxFp5Mmc3I/AAAAAAAANUw/8Sxnd4YCMxAL9JBNghUFjYfNn0E4EncnACEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0837.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zu3zq8GsoVo/WdxFpd3vvYI/AAAAAAAANUo/W4v2wEam4JssElskSbOe9tqy8B0OOuP7ACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zu3zq8GsoVo/WdxFpd3vvYI/AAAAAAAANUo/W4v2wEam4JssElskSbOe9tqy8B0OOuP7ACEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0836.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WqcyrNquhFE/WdxFpGI4eLI/AAAAAAAANUk/FMQ0hDnwWgkkeU3MD12fFN9NnElMuKSmACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WqcyrNquhFE/WdxFpGI4eLI/AAAAAAAANUk/FMQ0hDnwWgkkeU3MD12fFN9NnElMuKSmACEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0827.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S37dknSij_4/WdxKuFJzeGI/AAAAAAAANVs/zDy9Un_staIGp7cZI3ho_P69ZqpRMKVIACLcBGAs/s1600/100_5595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S37dknSij_4/WdxKuFJzeGI/AAAAAAAANVs/zDy9Un_staIGp7cZI3ho_P69ZqpRMKVIACLcBGAs/s320/100_5595.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-52962346618207350142017-09-18T18:48:00.004-07:002017-09-18T18:57:48.087-07:00Master the Tempest is Raging<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">WELL HELLO!&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">This has been about the craziest two weeks of my life, so let me share a little bit about life here in the FFLM over the past couple weeks.</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">On Tuesday, September 5, we received a text saying that the whole mission was required to be on bikes to save gas. At this point, we'd been hearing about the hurricane from members and random people we talked to, but nothing had been confirmed by the mission. For the next couple days we biked our tails off and had daily conference calls telling us to prepare our houses and ourselves to evacuate. It was super weird to see everyone putting up boards and shutters, and the mass exodus out of south Florida was pretty crazy too.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">On Wednesday, we biked out to visit Amy. Her house is about 4.5 miles away, and right when we got to her neighborhood to knock, it started pouring. That would have been fine, but the lightning was so close!! We didn't have any umbrellas and no one was letting us in, so we ended up standing with our backs against someone's garage door under the alcove. Right then, we got a message from Amy cancelling our appointment. There was a flash of lightning and a boom of thunder that literally shook my bones. We didn't know what to do and were just wondering if we should try to run to a store when Amy drove by. She stopped and waved us into her car and drove us home. It was such a miracle that she came right when we needed her! God has a plan, I tell you.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">On Friday, we were told that we would all be evacuating. My zone was sent up to Jupiter to take shelter in the chapel there. We got to spend the next 3 days in the church all together. We didn't lose power until Sunday afternoon, so that was a major blessing. We mostly just studied, played games, I scrap-booked super hard, and hung out. I love my zone! Seriously, these elders and sisters are amazing. Even though it was a little stifling to be living in half of a church building (we couldn't go through the chapel or gym since the steeple might fall in and collapse the roof), I am so grateful I was able to get to know these wonderful elders and sisters. I'm not saying the FFLM has the best missionaries in the world, but I'm not saying it doesn't ;)</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">On Monday morning the mission allowed us to go outside and clean up the destruction outside the chapels. Our stake president took us to his house to shower (#BLESSED) and then we headed over to one of their friend's properties to help her clean up. We cleaned up trees, branches, pine needles x 1200000, and other debris that had blown in. It was a lot of work, but it was so fun! The woman we helped was so appreciative and I was so satisfied seeing the grounds all nice and clean.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We were able to go back to our house that night, and for the next two nights we had to be in at 8 because there was a city curfew. That's almost as serious as missionary curfew, folks. The good news is, we were able to contact Freddy and Darlyne and they're safe! We went by their trailer with some other missionaries and spent a couple hours cleaning up all the trees that had fallen next to their home. Freddy was so cute! He was telling us how bummed he was that we had missed the temple tour and joked with Sister Monson about needing to give her water first since she has the same name as the prophet. He is a completely different man than the one Sister Cottrell and I met some weeks ago. We asked him what else we could do to help, and he just said, "Come back tomorrow so we can have a session (which is what he calls our lessons haha)." I love that family!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">On Saturday we woke up at 5 AM and drove down to Kilian to join in the Mormon Helping Hands effort. My group spent the day helping families around the area. The whole operation was so organized! The church had already collected work orders for people from Kilian to the Keys. A goup of 8-14 was put together and sent out to work. There were massive trucks coming in with food, chainsaws, and other supplies. I was surprised by how many people rejected our help. It reminded me that God has given us our agency and He will force no man to happiness.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">All day Sunday was full of miracles. We were supposed to wake up at 4, drive over the the West Palm Beach chapel, and be there for a 5 AM sacrament meeting before going down to the Keys. Our alarm didn't go off, but for some reason I woke up at 4:48. We were out the door in under ten minutes and somehow made it to the chapel in time to take the sacrament even though the drive is supposed to take 30 minutes! The miracles just kept coming as my group made it to the Keys. The National Guard and police force were blocking the roads keeping people from going into the Keys, but we were able to get through. We helped to clean up a little Christian church in Key Largo that had mostly elderly members. They were so cute and so grateful! We were turned away by many people in Islamirada, but felt prompted to try one more trailer park before heading farther south. There we met Joe, who was happy to accept our help! The trailer park was knee deep in seaweed and debris, which we helped to clear. Joe told us that in the morning at church, people had said that the Mormons were in town helping. Many people said they didn't want help because they wanted to have their insurance come check. Joe stood up and said, "Lord-send them to Diver's Cove because we need all the help we can get!!" And a few hours later we came. God has such an amazing plan! I have no doubt that He is in charge!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Here's a couple of fun things that happened these past 2 weeks:</span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lived through the worst recorded hurricane to date</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ate a meal provided by the Red Cross</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Visited the Florida Keys</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lived in a church</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sweated 14 gallons (approximately)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Grew my testimony of God's plan and His hand in all things.&nbsp;</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: georgia, &quot;times new roman&quot;, serif;">I know that our Heavenly Father is fully aware of each one of us and that we are under His watchful eye always. I love this gospel and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be actively involved in such a great work.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">I love you all!</span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Love,</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Sister Peterson</span><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ifIjWqzCsM8/WcB1VoGgooI/AAAAAAAANPo/B-NLCJcS-Z4F09gJGB0e0ctCvWdf-s6WQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ifIjWqzCsM8/WcB1VoGgooI/AAAAAAAANPo/B-NLCJcS-Z4F09gJGB0e0ctCvWdf-s6WQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0716.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NsPg7UwWVTg/WcB1VkSneWI/AAAAAAAANPk/ijb_cSMh5B4boQO1bKhSmZ6AR9iEF1BNACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NsPg7UwWVTg/WcB1VkSneWI/AAAAAAAANPk/ijb_cSMh5B4boQO1bKhSmZ6AR9iEF1BNACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0717.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twinning is winning</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p9hg5aLxMs8/WcB1VitLKvI/AAAAAAAANPs/b40fA9xCkQYeuWXTkwu1_uWYb9DA7SaAgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p9hg5aLxMs8/WcB1VitLKvI/AAAAAAAANPs/b40fA9xCkQYeuWXTkwu1_uWYb9DA7SaAgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0724.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amy rescued us!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-psilyTprYMQ/WcB1WDcyTzI/AAAAAAAANP8/JaHgb-UaE2UsSnJwmxNBjx1bxjYfaR3VwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-psilyTprYMQ/WcB1WDcyTzI/AAAAAAAANP8/JaHgb-UaE2UsSnJwmxNBjx1bxjYfaR3VwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0731.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DEAD.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2s0cMvIXw4U/WcB1WF0JJJI/AAAAAAAANPw/1U1AbBeN1Eg0xHyTUc05-w-zPPenN8xJgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0734.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2s0cMvIXw4U/WcB1WF0JJJI/AAAAAAAANPw/1U1AbBeN1Eg0xHyTUc05-w-zPPenN8xJgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0734.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3T7dK9v_cc/WcB1WeBEOWI/AAAAAAAANP0/uTxaekn_3woInxsqiGP6oTry7v20aIMfgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p3T7dK9v_cc/WcB1WeBEOWI/AAAAAAAANP0/uTxaekn_3woInxsqiGP6oTry7v20aIMfgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0736.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We filled every receptacle in the kitchen with water.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UX1avmwPVBo/WcB1WznzNdI/AAAAAAAANP4/w_006Y9lMPkig2SB3AdUxYsWfICBb-I1QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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We had wheelbarrow races haha</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wkRJPtwRypY/WcB1XKDTinI/AAAAAAAANQM/9MWGi6Uv-Q0ktGXDXZRNHqX58JTmDku_gCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wkRJPtwRypY/WcB1XKDTinI/AAAAAAAANQM/9MWGi6Uv-Q0ktGXDXZRNHqX58JTmDku_gCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0742.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My ping pong skills are improving.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bw0us-VZ7yk/WcB1XjaL-yI/AAAAAAAANQA/xu-TSsUf-4cudKrMEw0mi1FF04K_1qOKACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oKm-wp4O6uA/WcB1YClJq2I/AAAAAAAANQI/ZaUavJiOvtQMh0HIkg2kQJi48SN8X6utwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oKm-wp4O6uA/WcB1YClJq2I/AAAAAAAANQI/ZaUavJiOvtQMh0HIkg2kQJi48SN8X6utwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0753.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had our own sacrament meeting in the young women's room.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIhCYcnIqb4/WcB1Y2msTAI/AAAAAAAANQQ/lFzLuNU5WSchx2hnsMuprq69LQ2bCQWjgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIhCYcnIqb4/WcB1Y2msTAI/AAAAAAAANQQ/lFzLuNU5WSchx2hnsMuprq69LQ2bCQWjgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0760.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree straight up fell right on the chapel.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QKmFChZ-uBw/WcB1Y4TEfYI/AAAAAAAANQU/FmrlntGpOjAg9BQfAf7bZc3fSAO55lI1gCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0766.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QKmFChZ-uBw/WcB1Y4TEfYI/AAAAAAAANQU/FmrlntGpOjAg9BQfAf7bZc3fSAO55lI1gCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0766.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleaning up the chapel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NsVmjN5q1DI/WcB1bW07gOI/AAAAAAAANRE/jHKVQiTBNW8aozy4KCO8IjC65gV2xKkzwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NsVmjN5q1DI/WcB1bW07gOI/AAAAAAAANRE/jHKVQiTBNW8aozy4KCO8IjC65gV2xKkzwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0809.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleaning up in the Keys!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8mT0AaKFFVg/WcB1bzVeXXI/AAAAAAAANRI/A0uvWIQvMQAFHE20UD0D887FYQ7dVmISwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8mT0AaKFFVg/WcB1bzVeXXI/AAAAAAAANRI/A0uvWIQvMQAFHE20UD0D887FYQ7dVmISwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0810.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleaning up in the Keys!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></div><br />Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-72524094705632459342017-09-12T12:30:00.000-07:002017-09-13T21:12:06.546-07:00Hurricane #3<span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">September 12, 2017</span><br /><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Good afternoon,</span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Thanks for your faith and prayers for our wonderful missionaries in the Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission. The Elders and Sisters are safe, in good spirits, and anxious to get back to the work.</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">The Florida Fort Lauderdale Temple will be closed Friday, so the scheduled temple day for the Jupiter Zone will be postponed. This means that P-day will not be Friday as previously planned. P-Day will be next Monday, September 18</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><sup>th</sup></span><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">, which will be the next time you will hear from your amazing missionaries.</span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Thank you again for your faith during Hurricane Irma. We have been immensely blessed.</span></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Sister Burdick</span></span></div><div class="p3"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Referral Secretary</span></span></div><div class="p3"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission</span></span></div><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font: 12.0px Helvetica; font-kerning: none} </style> <br /><div class="p3"><br /></div><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px Helvetica; color: #0463c1; -webkit-text-stroke: #0463c1} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Times; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none} </style><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-23334226977056212032017-09-11T20:56:00.000-07:002017-09-13T20:57:54.279-07:00After the Storm... <style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> <div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Hi Family!</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I'm alive! The storm has now passed us. The power in the chapel was out for about 28 hours, but it's back on now. We've received word that our home is safe, so we'll be going back soon.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">We were instructed to evacuate into chapels by 7 PM on Friday. We stayed in the chapel all day Saturday and Sunday. The storm hit us around 2 PM on Saturday and that's when the power went out. We were able to go out and help clean up some of the debris today and that was really fun!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Anyway, I'm safe and I'm happy. Thank you all for your love and prayers! They were certainly heard and answered. I don't know when my actual pday will be, but I'll talk to you soon!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Love,</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sister Peterson</span></span></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-23355734343805526772017-09-06T09:30:00.000-07:002017-09-13T21:12:18.609-07:00Hurricane #2<span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />September 6, 2017</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Dear Parents,</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">We want to reassure you that every precaution is being taken to protect the Elders, Sisters, and Senior Couples in the Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission in anticipation of Hurricane Irma.</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">The Church is led by inspired counsels. Last evening our Area Seventy, Elder Stephen Thompson, Emergency leaders in Salt Lake City, and General Authorities met to discuss all the options available.</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Following that counsel, President Garns met with the President of the Tampa Florida Mission, Elder Thompson, and local Stake Presidents. They counseled together to determine the best course of action.</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Under inspiration, they collectively agreed the missionaries would be best protected gathering in selected church buildings, based on location and construction. Each church building will have supervision by an adult couple.</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">The missionaries are well prepared with supplies and are ready to evacuate as soon as instructed. Rest assured they will be moved to these selected chapels well before the storm hits.</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">As new information on the timing of these evacuations becomes available, it will be posted on a new FaceBook page for this purpose which you can access here:</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #0463c1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot;; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/FFLMGarns/posts/"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">https://www.facebook.com/pg/FFLMGarns/posts/</span></a></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Please know that we love your sons and daughters as our own.</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">President and Sister Garns</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Sister Burdick</span></div><div class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Referral Secretary</span></span></div><div class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission</span></span></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-56098160961306654872017-09-05T17:37:00.000-07:002017-09-07T18:26:10.091-07:00Hurricane Irma<div class="MsoNormal">Hello! This week was good and crazy! We started to have people ask us to pray for Irma and I was like, "Who?" Well, Hurricane Irma is predicted to hit us this Saturday. It's currently a category 5, so I'm praying really hard that it will turn back to the ocean. In case you are interested, here's the first things that sell out when there's a hurricane coming:<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">1. WATER. Bottled, jugs, it doesn't matter. It's gone.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">2. Bread.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">3. Peanut Butter.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">4. Canned food. Soups, fruit, the only thing that doesn't really sell out is vegetables. #Merica<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">5. Gas.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">All of those things make sense, but it's still a little startling to walk down an aisle at Walmart and see completely barren shelves! Don't worry, the Lord blessed us to get what we need since our shopping is limited to pday.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Freddy and Darlyne are doing really well! They came to church again this week and a couple of the members directed their testimonies to them, so that was pretty cool. Darlyne is meeting with a court representative tomorrow to discuss her divorce. We are praying for a miracle because she needs to get divorced so she and Freddy can get married so they can both be baptized next Saturday. Yeah, major prayer and fasting has been going on over here. I love seeing how their testimonies are growing! Darlyne asked us when we both go home and got all upset. Freddy turned to her and said, "It's okay, after we're baptized we won't need the sisters to teach us everything. We'll have the Spirit!" I just love seeing that he's truly becoming converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ, not to us. We're trying to swing a temple tour with them this Saturday, so the hurricane needs to move on over.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Last week when I was on an exchange with Sister Johnson we met a woman named Adrienne. She really enjoyed the prayer we said for her, so she invited us back. This week Sister Monson and I headed over and were met at the door by Adrienne's husband. He invited us in and they were both so hospitable and kind! It's a little unusual for both spouses to be interested and welcoming to us, so I was blown away. We had a really good discussion about the Restoration where they felt the Spirit very strongly. I'm excited to teach them more!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">I got to go up to Stuart for an exchange with Sister Callister. She's so funny! She's got tons of energy and new ideas. We got to do service at a place called "House of Hope" and sort cans. We met a man whose nametag just said, "Mr. Ed." Well, we struck up a conversation and were able to teach him a little about the church. Pretty cool!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Elder Krieger, our district leader, gave us a comp study on Confidence and Pride. I've been thinking that the main difference between the two lies in selfishness. Pride is putting your trust in yourself, while confidence is putting your trust in God. I know who I would rather trust in-God can truly make more of you than you can ever dream. You just have to let Him.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We may have pday next Friday, it will all depend on the hurricane. But until then, I love you all and the Gospel is true!<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Love,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sister Peterson<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOo26yBwqjE/WbHjVJsDJ9I/AAAAAAAANHI/EudQYAIrZAcyTEWwuM3OPftid-lkF3hqQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0685%2B-%2BCopy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOo26yBwqjE/WbHjVJsDJ9I/AAAAAAAANHI/EudQYAIrZAcyTEWwuM3OPftid-lkF3hqQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0685%2B-%2BCopy.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p-4TDRwZtuY/WbHjW2RibVI/AAAAAAAANHM/VbZYo7_P27oXAcL6c3STFAkPKUeEiYt4QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0696%2B-%2BCopy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p-4TDRwZtuY/WbHjW2RibVI/AAAAAAAANHM/VbZYo7_P27oXAcL6c3STFAkPKUeEiYt4QCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0696%2B-%2BCopy.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exchange with Sister Callister!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WJKyr44oPs0/WbHjYITRshI/AAAAAAAANHY/gYw3yj2WKAoRiNBKEho4s4qS5gIdeb9QgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_3000%2B-%2BCopy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WJKyr44oPs0/WbHjYITRshI/AAAAAAAANHY/gYw3yj2WKAoRiNBKEho4s4qS5gIdeb9QgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_3000%2B-%2BCopy.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We literally caught 4 lizards in our house this week. I'm basically a professional at this point.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-86871708571262664402017-09-05T07:30:00.000-07:002017-09-13T21:12:28.104-07:00Hurricane #1<span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">September 5, 2017</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Dear parents,<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #0463c1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">We are very aware of your loving concern for your missionaries as Hurricane Irma approaches. Please know that every precaution is being taken to safeguard your sons and daughters. You can be completely confident in President and Sister Garns' commitment to take all necessary steps to protect the missionaries.</span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #0463c1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">The President and AP's had a mission-wide conference call yesterday morning telling the Elders and Sisters how to prepare. They were advised to stock up on supplies and water, have their emergency backpacks ready, &nbsp;to keep their gas tanks full, and make sure their phones are kept charged. Each missionary has been given emergency cash.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #0463c1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">An evacuation plan is in place if needed. Missionaries will be relocated to Church buildings if conditions require that they move. Your missionaries have been instructed to be packed and ready to leave their homes and apartments if instructed to do so.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #0463c1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">It is still uncertain when/if evacuations will be necessary in various areas of the mission. The Key West Elders will leave the Florida Keys tomorrow morning, well ahead of the recommended evacuation times. The mission leadership is carefully monitoring the storm as it nears.</span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #0463c1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">This Friday's temple trip which was scheduled for the Palm Beach, Naples, and Fort Myers Zones has been postponed. Due to this change, all missionaries will have P-Day today, Tuesday, September 5th.</span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #0463c1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">We will keep you advised as more reliable storm patterns are available.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #0463c1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">We would very much appreciate your faith and prayers.</span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #0463c1; font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div><br /><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Sister Burdick</span></span></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-3365511309388546802017-08-28T17:00:00.000-07:002017-09-07T17:09:39.939-07:00Orange Juice and Calendars<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hey there!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Crazy things are happening here in Royal Palm Beach. I got to share a couple of Sister Monson's "firsts" as an STL so that was pretty fun. We spent all day Wednesday driving up to Port St. Lucie, then Stuart to exchange and knock with the sisters in those areas. It's super fun to be able to see how other missionaries work and spend time with them. Since PSL and Stuart are so far away, we finally got back to our area to work at 7:25, right in time for our appointment with Freddy and Darlyne.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BUT WAIT. Let me tell you about a pretty cool little miracle Heavenly Father gave us on Wednesday, as well. We ate dinner quickly so we'd have an opportunity to go to the dollar store and pick up a few things for our lesson. We heard that drinking orange juice helps you stop smoking since they taste bad together, so we picked up some of that as well as a piece of candy for the kids. What we really needed was a calendar so we could look at it all together and pick a baptismal date with them. The only problem is, people don't really sell 2017 calendars when it's already the end of August. We were searching high and low and the woman at the store said there was no chance they had any. We stopped and I said a prayer telling Heavenly Father how important it was for us to find this calendar and why we needed it. Afterwards we started looking for a planner or something we could use instead and from behind a 2018 calendar I pulled out a 2017 calendar! It was definitely the only one in the store and it was a miracle to find it. Heavenly Father really does hear and answer our prayers!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyway, we had a lesson with Freddy and Darlyne and they decided to be baptized on the 16th of September! We need a couple miracles to make that happen since they need to quit smoking, get Darlyne's divorce, and get married before them. Please keep them in your prayers!! They are wonderful and progressing really well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got to go on a full day exchange with Sister Johnson, my comp from Boca! It was so good to be back together. I love her so much!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yesterday we stopped by a former investigator and were able to teach her about the Book of Mormon since she's searching to understand the Bible better. It was pretty cool because it turns out that Angie knows sign language! Her 20 year old son has autism and is very hard of hearing. I'm so excited to have the opportunity to communicate with him and I'm so grateful Heavenly Father has blessed me with this opportunity to use sign language.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, let me just tell you about one last experience this week. We had a family we ate with this last week pick a knocking spot for us after a mighty prayer, so we went there on Monday. As we knocked we weren't having any success, so we decided to go back to our car and then walk the other way. That first door in the other direction was where we met Amy. Amy recently had heart surgery and knee surgery and is just recovering enough to start getting around on her own. Amy met with missionaries a few years ago but has recently been studying with the Jehovah Witness'. She told us that she doesn't like the way she feels with them and the only time she's really felt good about a faith is when she was meeting with Mormons. We've been able to teach her and her daughter a couple times this week and I know the Lord really sent us there :) So that's pretty cool!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The gospel is good and I know it blesses lives. Think about how it's blessed your life and share that with someone this week! I love you all!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sister Peterson</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YL5NLHRMrmk/WbHe7SpUnhI/AAAAAAAANGU/kGTwz_XyQAYTH5ounYOUjeXX_U7eTWVqACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0654.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YL5NLHRMrmk/WbHe7SpUnhI/AAAAAAAANGU/kGTwz_XyQAYTH5ounYOUjeXX_U7eTWVqACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0654.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sadly, my glasses arrived in the mail post-eclipse.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EH_Ws0gwNuc/WbHe7King7I/AAAAAAAANGM/ucm0PKp2z1gW6lD_PVAfvl7O2fku1GB2QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EH_Ws0gwNuc/WbHe7King7I/AAAAAAAANGM/ucm0PKp2z1gW6lD_PVAfvl7O2fku1GB2QCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0667.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exchanges with Sister Johnson! Love her!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LesSozMupY8/WbHe7GnJTvI/AAAAAAAANGQ/Zt8ds7VGwZULi5w_CMgd7L_3Nv08ocbcQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LesSozMupY8/WbHe7GnJTvI/AAAAAAAANGQ/Zt8ds7VGwZULi5w_CMgd7L_3Nv08ocbcQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0672.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We've had a stressful week.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N4yS5la85GM/WbHe80z1ZQI/AAAAAAAANGc/_7rEeZ1LJe8UTbTZQImWcjPxxNIyPUa5ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N4yS5la85GM/WbHe80z1ZQI/AAAAAAAANGc/_7rEeZ1LJe8UTbTZQImWcjPxxNIyPUa5ACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0674.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FszgJP7PmNE/WbHe85kI-uI/AAAAAAAANGY/a1RYcE7lYRod4kkWWAAOYESs9AccMX1UgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FszgJP7PmNE/WbHe85kI-uI/AAAAAAAANGY/a1RYcE7lYRod4kkWWAAOYESs9AccMX1UgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0675.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A cute lady in our ward made us a little package of bread and rolls.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-46509837187088220652017-08-21T13:09:00.003-07:002017-08-21T13:10:20.894-07:00#2 in Royal Palm Beach<div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">My dearest family,</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Hello! This week has been so full of craziness. On Wednesday I said goodbye to Sister Cottrell and I may have cried. I love that girl so much! God definitely blessed me with a wonderful companion last transfer who became my best friend. She's now home in AZ! My new companion is Sister Monson. She is tenth cousins with President Monson, so she's basically a celebrity. She's from Saratoga Springs and she's super sweet and calm. I'm sure she'll help me to mellow out after how crazy last transfer was.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">We were able to see Freddy and Darlyne a couple times this week and I just love them so much! On Monday night we talked to them a lot about faith and counseling with the Lord, since they're trying to pick a baptismal date and they're just so stressed trying to get Darlyne divorced. We were able to bring Bishop over to their house and he blessed it, since apparently two people died in their house and they've been seeing some things...They also both got priesthood blessings and then Darlyne asked Bishop to bless all her kids. The Spirit was so strong and they definitely felt it!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Drama went down Saturday night when Darlyne texted us to say that they couldn't come to church because Freddy and Macho had been throwing up all day. We were so sad, but then Darlyne texted us saying that they were definitely coming. She called and explained that Freddy had felt something push him and he went out the door and almost fell down the stairs! They were really freaked out, so we prayed with them and talked about how God is more powerful than Satan and we have the power to cast those things out of our lives. The whole situation made them decide to come to church no matter what so that they could have the Spirit with them this week. It was crazy, but it was also kind of a miracle. When they left church yesterday Freddy said, "When are you sisters coming over again?" and we told him Monday. He said, "Aw. Why can't it be sooner?" I love this family so much and I can see how God has been preparing them for the gospel.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">It hit me this week that I only have 3 transfers left. WHAT??? Anyway, I'm so grateful for the gospel and this time I have to be a missionary. It's so special to wear Christ's name on my chest and know that I represent Him above myself. There's a line in preach my gospel that says that the missionary setting apart can be taken literally-a setting apart from all things vulgar, crude, and worldly. It's an opportunity to rise to a higher standard. I love that promise and direction. I'm grateful for the time I still have to focus all my efforts on sharing Christ's beautiful gospel.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">I love you all! Have a wonderful week!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Love,</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Sister Peterson</span></span></div><div class="p2"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JDIuEPwL3Ls/WZs9zWq0PzI/AAAAAAAANEg/1Z2cchuoacIIeNz8AJPsbmcLQb6Pwv7VwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JDIuEPwL3Ls/WZs9zWq0PzI/AAAAAAAANEg/1Z2cchuoacIIeNz8AJPsbmcLQb6Pwv7VwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0642.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Me and Sister Monson</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-9090796505443614202017-08-15T12:30:00.000-07:002017-08-21T00:22:15.999-07:00Bye Sister Cottrell<div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Dear Fam,</span></span><br /><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Hello!&nbsp; It was the last week of the transfer, so it's been a good and crazy week. Sister Cottrell flies home on Thursday, and I'll be staying in Royal Palm Beach. My new companion will be Sister Monson! I've never served around her, but I've heard good things. This is her first transfer as an STL, so I'll be training her. What? I've been doing this for 12 seconds! But it's cool.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Freddy and Darlyne are so wonderful! We taught them about the Word of Wisdom on Wednesday and they accepted it right off the bat. They've both smoked, drank coffee, and had alcohol for most of their lives, but it's almost like they knew this was coming. They gave us their coffee and tea, poured out their alcohol, and made a plan for quitting smoking right then and there. It's amazing to see the faith they have! Especially Freddy, who has never been religious but now just craves the Spirit. They've changed so much since we met them two weeks ago. I know that God has been preparing them for a long time to receive the gospel and I'm so grateful that I get to teach them! They weren't able to come to church on Sunday, so now they're praying about a new baptismal date. Gosh I love them!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">We're still teaching Jackie, but there's not to update with her. She found out on Tuesday that her husband's cancer is back and he has 1-2 years left with treatment. That was really hard on her, so we talked about God's love and putting on the armor of God. She asked for a little space this week, so we're hoping to meet with her again soon :)</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">We went on exchanges with the West Palm Beach sisters, so I got to bring Sister Langarica to Royal Palm for a day of craziness. We visited a woman I met when I was on an exchange with Sister Tilby clear back in February and she remembered me! So I guess missionaries make a bigger impression than I'd thought. We also got to teach a woman named Cindy about the Restoration, but she left for Canada today and doesn't know when she'll be back, so hopefully we'll see her soon!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">We had the first Zone Conference with President Garns and it was wonderful! President Garns is really shifting the focus of our mission onto following the Spirit with exactness and tailoring the Gospel to every person's needs. I've been working on talking to every person differently and giving them every opportunity to feel the Spirit and it's been really cool to feel Heavenly Father working through me. President Garns is definitely inspired!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">I love you all so much and hope you have a great week!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Love,</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Sister Peterson</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Oh, I forgot to tell you that WE GET TO GO TO THE TEMPLE!!! We're not sure how often yet, but President and Sister Garns have changed the rule so we'll get to go with our zones every so often. I'm pumped!!</span><span class="s1"></span></span></div><div class="p1"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yvvvj-hxttA/WZqI4wmW4TI/AAAAAAAAND8/3oCRh6V6Basot3naYOmGIHMikUO4qfQ2wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yvvvj-hxttA/WZqI4wmW4TI/AAAAAAAAND8/3oCRh6V6Basot3naYOmGIHMikUO4qfQ2wCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0551.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Exchanges with cute Sister Langarica</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dJrfiEKP5cY/WZqI3azScOI/AAAAAAAANDo/J8wyHWVYaJgZ2kuaMOKG4ioeYyb9MCk5gCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dJrfiEKP5cY/WZqI3azScOI/AAAAAAAANDo/J8wyHWVYaJgZ2kuaMOKG4ioeYyb9MCk5gCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0521.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">We played a volleyball and clearly our arms weren't up to the challenge.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xZgpZcl7Z7s/WZqI3DSWVMI/AAAAAAAANDg/lGjbOnOBI6IMSJhW_G4Zz64DsiAikPFNwCEwYBhgL/s1600/100_5229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xZgpZcl7Z7s/WZqI3DSWVMI/AAAAAAAANDg/lGjbOnOBI6IMSJhW_G4Zz64DsiAikPFNwCEwYBhgL/s320/100_5229.JPG" width="213" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">I caught a lizard from behind our toaster. Only in Florida.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LRGD9UD2bNY/WZqI3u4BjsI/AAAAAAAANDs/yQUGIbnE3nIZYvuDBn98euUVjfmrZrhyACEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0532.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LRGD9UD2bNY/WZqI3u4BjsI/AAAAAAAANDs/yQUGIbnE3nIZYvuDBn98euUVjfmrZrhyACEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0532.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Love you, Dad!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gd0VFUFYTLE/WZqI4Er0PLI/AAAAAAAANDw/RWDdVZPyFAo-4SOKiTs4SiUJVJvfGLN6wCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Gd0VFUFYTLE/WZqI4Er0PLI/AAAAAAAANDw/RWDdVZPyFAo-4SOKiTs4SiUJVJvfGLN6wCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0537.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Zone conf!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F7JctEe-IeA/WZqI4UtIQRI/AAAAAAAAND0/L2XL2S56_ggoNlXSrPw8K4GgXlLM1lxUwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F7JctEe-IeA/WZqI4UtIQRI/AAAAAAAAND0/L2XL2S56_ggoNlXSrPw8K4GgXlLM1lxUwCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0546.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Coffee and Tea given up by our favorite couple</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uo5euosLINs/WZqI4mVOHdI/AAAAAAAAND4/y5JF3HWYN3kuC8GFm9UHhxN7dnsEuc8ggCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0547.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uo5euosLINs/WZqI4mVOHdI/AAAAAAAAND4/y5JF3HWYN3kuC8GFm9UHhxN7dnsEuc8ggCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0547.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GYrmjTYNWIg/WZqI5IHN0nI/AAAAAAAANEA/TJXv5OPy_AYSRzgSeVy-DLiHd4CaLSdLgCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GYrmjTYNWIg/WZqI5IHN0nI/AAAAAAAANEA/TJXv5OPy_AYSRzgSeVy-DLiHd4CaLSdLgCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0554.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Freddy, Darlyne, Macho, and Jaylene. Love them!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHHTExgRclk/WZqI5TTHrlI/AAAAAAAANEE/1ZwOKQfsd3UWbLJqqthIXJ_iCuXRuOlKwCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0570.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHHTExgRclk/WZqI5TTHrlI/AAAAAAAANEE/1ZwOKQfsd3UWbLJqqthIXJ_iCuXRuOlKwCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0570.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">I saw the Mendenhalls again :)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> <br /><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-16654457223615398052017-08-07T10:30:00.000-07:002017-08-21T00:11:24.443-07:00Twinning is Winning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Well, the theme of this week was people telling Sister Cottrell and me that we look related and act the same. We had at least 5 strangers ask us if we were real sisters, Sister Garns asked us at interviews, and then a brother in our ward asked how long we've been comps because we talk and move our hands the same. So basically I'm comps with myself. Holla! I seriously love Sister Cottrell so much and doing the work with her is a joy.</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">We had interviews and MLC (mission leadership council) this week, so I got to know President Garns better. He is a very inspired man! He wants to shift the focus of our mission from "find, teach, baptize, retain, and reactivate," to "teach repentance and baptize converts." It's always a little weird when changes are made, but I'm so excited to see how this changes the mission. President Garns is definitely the mission president we need right now to help the FFLM grow and progress. He's very tender and he teaches in a way that allows us to teach ourselves. He's so inspired!</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">So...every investigator I wrote about last week dropped us this week. June accepted a Book of Mormon in Chinese, then kindly told us that she wants to learn at her own pace and she'll call us when she wants us to visit. I know that the Lord is preparing her and she will be baptized one day, but I'm grateful I was able to meet her and plant a seed. We tried to get Rachel and Zan's parents involved, but they just wouldn't do it. Rachel and Zan are too young to do this on their own right now, but one day they'll be able to embrace the gospel!</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">That being said, we are teaching the coolest couple ever! Last week the Spanish elders passed us a referral for Freddy and Darlyne, and we have been teaching them all week. They are so elect! Freddy has never really been in church, but he's loving feeling the Spirit and told everyone at church that he's getting baptized. Darlyne grew up Catholic and Christian and really misses feeling connected with God. She loved church even though it was very different from anything else she's experienced.&nbsp; They have two little kids, a 4 year old named Jaylene and a 3 year old named Freddy. Right now we're working on helping them get married. They've been together for 5 years, but Darlyne is technically still married to her husband that she hasn't seen for 10 years, so she and Freddy can't tie the knot. She really wants to get divorced and they really want to get married and baptized, so I know the Lord will provide a way. I am so grateful to be teaching them! The light the gospel has already brought into them is amazing to see. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is so powerful! Repentance is changing from an unhappy person to a happy one! I love the gospel!</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">I had the opportunity to go on a full day exchange with Sister Wingert in Port St. Lucie. That is the most northern area in the mission, so that was an adventure! Sister Wingert came out about a year ago and went home, so now this is her first transfer back. It's cool to see how she's taking this opportunity to serve so seriously. It reminded me that it really is a privilege to be on a mission. She will do great things! I'm pretty sure that I was assigned to be an STL purely because Heavenly Father needed me to learn things faster, because I am learning so much every single day!</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">One more thing Sister Cottrell and I have in common is our love for Dr. Pepper. We had to drive up to Stuart to do a fire exchange (knocking doors for an hour) with the sisters, so we planned our day while sitting in a McDonalds. We obviously drank Dr. Pepper at the same time. It was so delicious, but right after that we went and knocked for an hour at 1 PM in Florida heat. I actually almost died/threw up, so I probably won't be combining Dr. Pepper and knocking again haha. You live and you learn!</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">I love you all so much! Have a wonderful week and share the gospel!</span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Love,</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Sister Peterson</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"></span></div><div class="p2"><div style="text-align: right;"></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><span class="s1"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aVJ1G-y1RZc/WZqEIPM0KEI/AAAAAAAANCs/-4MmbWB6OhQ5yqSYbEPHVZD_ih2yPHezgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aVJ1G-y1RZc/WZqEIPM0KEI/AAAAAAAANCs/-4MmbWB6OhQ5yqSYbEPHVZD_ih2yPHezgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0467.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Sister Wingert!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zekF5AZvp0k/WZqEIAItTTI/AAAAAAAANC0/zVXufsbLW04LmJjgY7b0ueDCd2aTTzzfQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zekF5AZvp0k/WZqEIAItTTI/AAAAAAAANC0/zVXufsbLW04LmJjgY7b0ueDCd2aTTzzfQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0473.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">MLC // the sass is too real</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tufkA-tV_Yo/WZqEIF14J0I/AAAAAAAANDA/yhIE9dP9IHk8XhobmXki2JhjxMC9K7s_wCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tufkA-tV_Yo/WZqEIF14J0I/AAAAAAAANDA/yhIE9dP9IHk8XhobmXki2JhjxMC9K7s_wCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0475.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iCMd6slBu58/WZqEJDUcGSI/AAAAAAAANC4/AU_oDHZ6RNcTRz-uxE-3Fr6VEE5Hj4MeQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iCMd6slBu58/WZqEJDUcGSI/AAAAAAAANC4/AU_oDHZ6RNcTRz-uxE-3Fr6VEE5Hj4MeQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0483.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Somebody gave us these Brazilian gospel CDs while knocking and this picture basically describes our relationship.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7JwvsfE1V9s/WZqFNzTJeJI/AAAAAAAANDI/Yk3tUNVu4U0_d5ATM-ydbNE-4TtPacczACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7JwvsfE1V9s/WZqFNzTJeJI/AAAAAAAANDI/Yk3tUNVu4U0_d5ATM-ydbNE-4TtPacczACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0507.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Our favorite thing that's written on the whiteboard in the bishop's office. U GOT REKT!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jngf3oEmGY8/WZqFN_6Ge5I/AAAAAAAANDY/iq7nHVLNt-Ym2s-Jo9MV-c_HovRMZqzugCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jngf3oEmGY8/WZqFN_6Ge5I/AAAAAAAANDY/iq7nHVLNt-Ym2s-Jo9MV-c_HovRMZqzugCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0511.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vE5E0czW3OE/WZqFOwgYnxI/AAAAAAAANDQ/S_IvhbALbLgaNK8LKuqNBq-lddKBSuYwQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0518.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vE5E0czW3OE/WZqFOwgYnxI/AAAAAAAANDQ/S_IvhbALbLgaNK8LKuqNBq-lddKBSuYwQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0518.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Skirts and pants #emailing&nbsp;</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"></span><br /><div class="p2"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aXD_73FYYVA/WZqFOxMfjnI/AAAAAAAANDU/ZruQdgnYusYGbTYfXc-SSyTeAXlmfL4RgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aXD_73FYYVA/WZqFOxMfjnI/AAAAAAAANDU/ZruQdgnYusYGbTYfXc-SSyTeAXlmfL4RgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0516.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tqBqkHE74Bs/WZqFOA6x3XI/AAAAAAAANDY/GjGhXCy-BLojpL9Eh3IiuQj__CKMrFTRQCEwYBhgL/s1600/IMG_0515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tqBqkHE74Bs/WZqFOA6x3XI/AAAAAAAANDY/GjGhXCy-BLojpL9Eh3IiuQj__CKMrFTRQCEwYBhgL/s320/IMG_0515.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style><br /><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-35745383197336526702017-07-31T13:51:00.000-07:002017-08-01T13:56:45.538-07:00Miracles in Royal Palm Beach<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Hi Fam!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">I really focused on sharing my testimony of the Savior and His gospel with everybody we talked to this week, and we saw some pretty cool miracles!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Since this is a five week transfer, I went on two full day exchanges this week. We exchanged with Wellington and Palm Beach North, but sadly it wasn't the Lord's will for me to go to my old areas. The first exchange was with Sister Oliverson. She's the sister that Sister Garlick trained right before I came! I felt a little weird since she's been on her mission longer than me, but she is literally so sweet. I love her determination and pure joy in doing the work! I may be the leader, but I definitely learned a ton from her. We were able to go teach J.O., the excommunicated man, together and commit him to read the Book of Mormon every day. That book is powerful, folks.</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Two days later I went on an exchange with Sister Ricardo, my MTC comp! It was crazy and so fun to be back with her. I couldn't believe how much we've both grown and changed since the MTC! We went to the wilderness of Loxahatchee and met a super cool woman named Jackie! Apparently Jackie and her husband met missionaries 41 years ago when they were first married. We got to know her and she was sharing her experiences with feeling the Spirit and being lead by God. We felt prompted to teach her about the Plan of Salvation and it made so much sense to her. Some people are way thrown off by the Spirit world and the three kingdoms, but she told us about a dream she'd had about her family and said it fit perfectly with the Spirit world. Sister Cottrell and I went back on Sunday and taught her about the Priesthood and the Restoration. She's praying to understand more! </span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">One funny story, on Friday we didn't have a meal appointment, so Sister Ricardo and I decided to make fancy macaroni and cheese that I bought at Walmart. It went great! There were a couple burned black flakes that boiled with our noodles because cooking utensils in missionary houses are never that great. The gross part happened when Sister Ricardo pulled out bowls and we found cockroach poop in our cupboard and in the bowls! Cockroach poop is really small and black. It almost looks like chia seeds. We were super disgusted, but we just washed the bowls and started eating our macaroni. About half way through my bowl, I remembered the black things floating in the water with the macaroni noodles...So yeah, I'm pretty sure we ate macaroni boiled with cockroach poop.</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Let me just tell you about the cool peeps we're teaching!</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">June-We met her on Monday night when we were knocking! She's from China and has lived in the US for 5 years. She said no to a prayer, but asked us how she could become a Christian. We were able to teach her about the Restoration and I've never had someone listen so attentively. It was surprisingly challenging to teach someone who has no background in God or Christ, but she's doing so awesome. We're bringing her a Chinese BoM tonight!</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Rachel and Zan- They're the 9 and 15 year old daughters of a former investigator. We met their dad, and he wasn't super interested, but then Rachel scheduled her own return appointment with us. We've taught them a few lessons and they came to church yesterday! Zan is quiet but she's totally loving everything. </span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Anyway, the work is going well and I'm extremely grateful for my calling as a missionary. I love you all!</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Love,</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;">Sister Peterson</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OQoa-PK5ld4/WYDpgXckZcI/AAAAAAAANBQ/t5hRgZ7JEUUQ2DojWVAHl1AwsS6E8_GpQCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCF0736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OQoa-PK5ld4/WYDpgXckZcI/AAAAAAAANBQ/t5hRgZ7JEUUQ2DojWVAHl1AwsS6E8_GpQCLcBGAs/s320/DSCF0736.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Our last picture with Carmen and our friendship bracelets!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JjrkJtp7iEk/WYDpgf1ZyWI/AAAAAAAANBU/Lp7s4rWJvsofNUbWLSFNW-343YU-HTjRQCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCF0848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JjrkJtp7iEk/WYDpgf1ZyWI/AAAAAAAANBU/Lp7s4rWJvsofNUbWLSFNW-343YU-HTjRQCLcBGAs/s320/DSCF0848.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Exhanges</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-56965876769802712552017-07-24T10:34:00.007-07:002017-07-24T10:34:59.009-07:00Exchanges for Dayzz<div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Hello Trolley People! (Princess Diaries, anyone?)</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Well anyway, this week has been super fun! First of all, shoutout to my comp Sister Cottrell. She is so awesome and we're basically best friends. I'm so grateful for her!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">This week I went on four exchanges. We did 3 fire exchanges (which means that we go and knock doors with the sisters for an hour in their area) and a full day exchange. I got to knock with Sister Ricardo, my MTC comp, and Sister Davis, who was in my MTC District! It was so fun to be reunited and see how much we've all grown. I also got to knock with Sister Wingert, who came out a year ago, went home, and just came back. I am so humbled to be trusted to love and work with these great sisters!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I went on a full day exchange with Sister A. Davis and got to spend the day in Stuart! Sister Davis is finishing her training this transfer, so she was very nervous to take over the area. She did so well! We got caught in crazy rain and realized that they didn't have any umbrellas in their car, so we visited people soaked. People definitely thought we were crazy, but we just told them, "The Lord's work doesn't stop!" #positivityforthewin #attitudematters I also got to give my first comp study, which is like a mini training specifically for the sister you're on exchanges with. It was kind of stressful to come up with a training for her, but I know that the Lord's hand was in it.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">After church on Sunday Sister Cottrell and I got to say hi to some of the members of the Wellington ward, since they are coming out of Sacrament meeting as we're leaving to go home. (Fun Fact: All of the sisters living in our house have served or are serving in Wellington!) It was great to see a couple members I was close with and GUIDO! We took a picture :) He was so proud to tell me about how he blessed the sacrament and he is just beaming. The Gospel is so good!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Also after church, the nonmember husband of an active member called us over. We were very surprised to see him there, since he was excommunicated by choice when he was 17. With tears in his eyes, he told us he was working hard to come back and wanted us to teach him. It's amazing to see how the Lord softens people's hearts! I'm really looking forward to helping him find his testimony again.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">As far as investigators go, we don't really have anyone we're working with, but we did have one pretty cool experience with a less active family. We knocked on the door and the dad invited us right in. We were pretty pumped until he started "asking" questions with the intent of confounding us. I testified that I know this is the true church of Jesus Christ, the one way to have the happiness and peace our Father in Heaven wants for us, and that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. The Spirit was so strong in that room. He may have denied it, but it only strengthened my testimony of this wonderful Gospel.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">I love you all! Don't forget that the Gospel is true!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Love,</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sister Peterson</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OsCXOc85Q6U/WXYvHWtUDwI/AAAAAAAAKJM/jN1F-1y7VHMdrA6NLizilLBfJBUMTCuVwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OsCXOc85Q6U/WXYvHWtUDwI/AAAAAAAAKJM/jN1F-1y7VHMdrA6NLizilLBfJBUMTCuVwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0426.JPG" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Sister Davis!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RSla9J7siFE/WXYvIGEE4cI/AAAAAAAAKJQ/3anQ_XemxycVXRck7MOGRpQzojiEveoFwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RSla9J7siFE/WXYvIGEE4cI/AAAAAAAAKJQ/3anQ_XemxycVXRck7MOGRpQzojiEveoFwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0427.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">With Guido and the Masons :)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-599NBCwWc1s/WXYvIlqAKEI/AAAAAAAAKJU/lANkKUn8ZgsyeIj8PWVxHy31fKicl1mNgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0428.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-599NBCwWc1s/WXYvIlqAKEI/AAAAAAAAKJU/lANkKUn8ZgsyeIj8PWVxHy31fKicl1mNgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0428.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gpYMyj9N6VA/WXYvTSuycNI/AAAAAAAAKJc/1bK_hdUUTwwXlWqvVjOh0GSSXjPQhkMSgCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCN6317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gpYMyj9N6VA/WXYvTSuycNI/AAAAAAAAKJc/1bK_hdUUTwwXlWqvVjOh0GSSXjPQhkMSgCLcBGAs/s320/DSCN6317.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Blurry picture with an intense Florida sunset, taken by my comp from the car</span></span></div><div><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-85506069146991663452017-07-17T10:26:00.000-07:002017-10-30T17:35:53.743-07:00Chillin' in RPB<div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Well, this week has been CRAZY. I don't even know what to say. I got to spend my last few days in Boca Raton with Sister Johnson. We were able to get Carmen to meet us at the church so we could say goodbye and she could see a baptism! She ended up having to leave before the baptism, but she made us care packages and gave us bracelets made from spoons from the 1930s! She's so cute and I miss her so much. She's getting ready to head to Oregon and I hope the missionaries and members will take good care of her there. Katherine and Logan, our golden couple, have been passed off to the hands of Sister Cohen and Sister Almeida.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">I was totally overwhelmed when I walked back into the Wellington house. I lived there for four months, loved the people, and gave everything I had to the work and to the Lord. Now I have the opportunity to work with the people in Royal Palm Beach and see the fruits of my labors from "over the fence." I got to see Guido and Kyle yesterday and it made me so happy! Guido looks like a different man since his baptism. The power of the Atonement is so real! I also got to see some of my favorite members. I'm so grateful for the time I had to serve in Wellington!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">My new companion is Sister Cottrell. She is from Dallax, TX! So I was incredibly excited about that because of my lovely hermana, Kim. She's super funny and super sarcastic, so we get along swimmingly. She goes home after this transfer, so that's fun. We've already been able to teach a few people together and we've had a grand old time.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">I go to go on my first exchange as an STL! It was just an hour of knocking with a different sister, but it was cool to feel the Lord's love for her. I know that my responsibility as an STL is primarily to love the sisters, and that is something I can do! I'm excited to learn more and more about what my responsibilities are and what the Lord has in store for me.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1">Here's one crazy tender mercy I saw in my new area happened at dinner last night. We were eating with a family that is relatively new to the ward, the Lewis family, so both Sister Cottrell and I were excited to get to know them better. The opened the door and I heard a man say, "It IS Sister Peterson!" I was really confused until I saw Sister Mendenhall stand up and she ran over and hugged me! The Mendenhalls are a family that I worked with in Palm Beach North that were less-active, but now both have callings and have been sealed to their adopted daughter in the temple! The Mendenhalls, especially Sister Mendenhall, were some of my very favorite people in Palm Beach. Apparently Brother Mendenhall is Sister Lewis's brother! It was completely u</span>nexpected and such a tender mercy. It was such a confirmation that Heavenly Father knows me, He loves me, and He needs me to be in Royal Palm Beach right now.</span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">I love the work, the Lord, and all of you!</span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Love,</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Sister Peterson</span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">I'm so sorry I forgot to include the address of the Wellington house!</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">488 Golden Wood Way</span></span></div><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Wellington, FL 33414</span></span></div><div class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><br /></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SNrkhojDzRw/WXYsj2ll5KI/AAAAAAAAKIw/5pVOoakNtRYWSEAi2rsU5LMmI4vDKly8QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SNrkhojDzRw/WXYsj2ll5KI/AAAAAAAAKIw/5pVOoakNtRYWSEAi2rsU5LMmI4vDKly8QCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0404.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finally got a picture with Carmen!</td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6ynntPji8oc/WXYslSEpZtI/AAAAAAAAKI8/fpxX8nayX8o-631b5J3CgdR7Yz1gQAvAwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6ynntPji8oc/WXYslSEpZtI/AAAAAAAAKI8/fpxX8nayX8o-631b5J3CgdR7Yz1gQAvAwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0406.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Johnson and I with Shelley, a returning member.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VmvajZyYLnc/WXYsl6LA-EI/AAAAAAAAKJA/tOozLD20sxg__yy6Gd_OB2BtVAPq-in7ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VmvajZyYLnc/WXYsl6LA-EI/AAAAAAAAKJA/tOozLD20sxg__yy6Gd_OB2BtVAPq-in7ACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0416.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snickers knows what's up.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uOnGqmcIRig/WXYs40lRaQI/AAAAAAAAKJE/zLVcdoBR_XILYXW9wUYemhlubKRU9V_qQCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCN6312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uOnGqmcIRig/WXYs40lRaQI/AAAAAAAAKJE/zLVcdoBR_XILYXW9wUYemhlubKRU9V_qQCLcBGAs/s320/DSCN6312.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister Cottrell!&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sz8lXg-wdOo/WXYskh-yO0I/AAAAAAAAKI0/C0LC6g-eJzY86Me9t2jjJhOrDFvaQAFcwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sz8lXg-wdOo/WXYskh-yO0I/AAAAAAAAKI0/C0LC6g-eJzY86Me9t2jjJhOrDFvaQAFcwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0403.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I loved this bridge so much, so we finally took a picture with it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-87985561530617022582017-07-11T21:12:00.000-07:002017-07-14T21:12:55.635-07:00Leaving Boca<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: LatoWeb, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 12px;"><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Hi Family!</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Well, this has been the craziest, longest week ever, but in a good way. Sister Johnson and I worked so hard and we saw a lot of success, but we ended this week by finding out that we will both be leaving Boca this transfer. Sister Johnson will be going to Palm Beach North, and I will be going to Royal Palm Beach to be a Sister Training Leader! I was blown away when President Garns called me last night. This means that I will now be going back to the house that I lived in when I was in Wellington and attend the same church building. It's all a little crazy, humbling, and hard to take in, but I'm excited to be able to see the members I love in Wellington again and to get to know the members in Royal Palm Beach! Also, Guido got baptized last week!!!</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">We had the chance to meet President and Sister Garns this week at a special conference on the 4th of July. They both seem very sweet and very spiritual. They're definitely very different than the Richardsons, but I'm excited to see where they take the FFLM :) For everyone who's wondering, there's been no changes to music yet. President Garns did change that our investigators need to attend church 3 times before being baptized now, instead of 2. After the conference we had time to knock and then have an awesome 4th of July house party! We showed Sister Muniz what Americans are like as we wore our silly headbands and ate hot dogs, then played with glow sticks :)</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">We had a little incident last Monday night where Sister Muniz fell and ended up spending the night in the emergency room. I was so worried about her, but after the elders came and gave her a blessing we all felt better. She was back to normal by Wednesday, and I was reminded that the power of the Priesthood is so real. I'm so grateful for the sisters I lived with this transfer. They have all become my best friends and I'm grateful the Lord let us spend 7 weeks together :)</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">All of our investigators but Carmen dropped us this week (or, in other words, they told us they didn't want to meet with us anymore). That meant we had lots of time for finding and we ended up finding a golden couple! We were knocking some nice town homes and a lady came out and semi-kindly asked us to leave. We really felt like we needed to be there, so we drove to the other side of the place and kept knocking. We ended up meeting a girl named Katherine, and she invited us in. We were able to teach the Restoration and she loved it. She told us that her fiance is from SLC and that she'd like us to meet him. We went back a couple nights later and had an awesome lesson with both of them and Logan (her fiance) told us that they've discussed it and they want to be "LDS or nothing." It's cool to look back to the night we met Katherine and see how God directed us to go to that area, and then redirected us through the manager so we would be in the right spot. So that was pretty cool! We're excited to see how they do with Sister Almeida and Sister Cohen, who will be taking our place. :)</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I have absolutely loved my time in Boca and the wonderful experiences I've had here with Sister Johnson. I feel like what I most learned this transfer was how to put my full heart into the work again. I love the people of Florida and the chance that I have to serve them. They will never know how much they've impacted me, but I will always be grateful to them and to the Lord. I know the Lord has a plan for each one of His children and I love His gospel.&nbsp; Jesus Christ lives and this is His Gospel! Never forget that.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">I love all you awesome nerds.</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Love,</span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1">Sister Peterson</span></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uV189Vq_LHE/WWmVLDcXwGI/AAAAAAAAJ6c/JY-PDQxemLAMe-9OFEcy3bIsxkbrDQaFgCLcBGAs/s1600/DSCF0693.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uV189Vq_LHE/WWmVLDcXwGI/AAAAAAAAJ6c/JY-PDQxemLAMe-9OFEcy3bIsxkbrDQaFgCLcBGAs/s320/DSCF0693.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Celebrating 'Merica</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SFGwD_A9ZI0/WWmJ-DQw7DI/AAAAAAAAJ6Q/KaXzKE1ag3MKxBkAc9QNsHsRJ2l17vSAQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SFGwD_A9ZI0/WWmJ-DQw7DI/AAAAAAAAJ6Q/KaXzKE1ag3MKxBkAc9QNsHsRJ2l17vSAQCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0395.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ayuthaya; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">When you share an area with other sisters and take an epic selfie at a stop light</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> <br /><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1057435708455459734.post-15470813663263670632017-07-03T16:43:00.003-07:002017-07-03T16:44:18.179-07:00Red, White and Baptisms<div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Hi Fam!</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Happy Fourth of July! How grateful I am for the sacrifices that the early settlers made and that Heavenly Father prepared our country so the gospel could come forth. The biggest news I have is that we got a new mission president this week! His name is President Garns and we will meet him on Tuesday. I love President and Sister Richardson so much, but I'm excited to see what the Lord has in store for the FFLM with President and Sister Garns.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Here's a quick update on our gators:</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">LAURA: She's doing really well! She's been taught almost everything now, but wasn't able to come to church on Sunday. We had to push back her date so now she's being baptized on the 15th!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">YUVI: Our miracle gator last week! Turns out she works 6 12 hour days so we really struggled trying to meet with her. She's going to text us this week when we can meet.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">CARMEN: She came to church again! She's progressing slowly but steadily. We're just trying to teach her as much as we can before she leaves for Oregon.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">CATHY AND PHILLIP: Ah, you don't recognize these names? That's because they're our newest gators! Last night we were knocking an apartment complex that we'd scouted out earlier in the week. It was actually a really weird place. We prayed with someone that neither Sister Johnson nor I could tell if it was a man or a woman. We still don't know, but the feeling there was so weird that I declined the offer for Dr. Pepper and we went down to the next floor. It was there that we met Phillip. We prayed with him and he actually cut me off mid-prayer by saying his own amen. We knocked a few more doors and then a woman came over to us, introduced herself as Phillip's wife, and asked us to come back and pray with her. Of course we said yes! She's been really struggling and has been asking God to send her some sort of sign that He is still there. We were able to teach her and Phillip about the Restoration and they're really excited to pray and find answers for themselves. So even though the place was weird, I know we found who we were supposed to.</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">This week I studied the chapters in Mosiah where Zeniff is describing what happened after they left Zarahemla. I noticed that he was making comments about himself being "overzealous" to inherit the land of his fathers, and other things that suggest he may have written this after seeing the consequences. Hindsight really is 20/20, but just like with Zeniff, I know that if we humble ourselves, repent, and go forth "in the strength of the Lord' then we will find success. Heavenly Father loves each of you so much and so do I!</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Love,</span></span></div><div class="p1"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Sister Peterson</span></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4SyB1V0sFAw/WVrWQA7vPXI/AAAAAAAAJ3k/PONiPzH2Elcx5FbmNxCa2Wh_jD7CHmNmACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4SyB1V0sFAw/WVrWQA7vPXI/AAAAAAAAJ3k/PONiPzH2Elcx5FbmNxCa2Wh_jD7CHmNmACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0345.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">My Haitian Mami dress from Carmen. I love it so much! (I can feel you wincing, mom)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dJIOjTsBHc8/WVrWP-VmVOI/AAAAAAAAJ3g/IEvYyiKjNsw8P9w8ZNLcsbtjb3pYNlxoACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dJIOjTsBHc8/WVrWP-VmVOI/AAAAAAAAJ3g/IEvYyiKjNsw8P9w8ZNLcsbtjb3pYNlxoACLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0351.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">Sister Muniz really wanted to put my flip flop magnets on my toes.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vgBTMLdRn8M/WVrWQPlxa-I/AAAAAAAAJ3o/2_2PsIrPP5Yd80SfkaxN7FUTaF_NLhZ1wCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_0355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vgBTMLdRn8M/WVrWQPlxa-I/AAAAAAAAJ3o/2_2PsIrPP5Yd80SfkaxN7FUTaF_NLhZ1wCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_0355.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;">When the Zone Leaders give you a comp study.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><div class="p2"><span style="font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: small;"><span class="s1"></span><br /></span></div><style type="text/css">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Ayuthaya; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 17.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} </style> <br /><div class="p2"><span class="s1"></span><br /></div>Lisa Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05646325308161775767noreply@blogger.com0